--- title: “My dear father,” he replied, “I will gladly learn--in fact, if it w… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “My dear father,” he replied, “I will gladly learn--in fact, if it were possible I should like to learn to shudder; I don’t understand that a bit yet.” Who acts: dear father, money. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dear father, money), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg503:13:10 # text = “My dear father,” he replied, “I will gladly learn--in fact, if it were possible I should like to learn to shudder; I don’t understand that a bit yet.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 shudder shudder NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 33 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 yet yet ADV RB _ 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | My dear father | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **learn** *in a quote* | future | My dear father *= father* | | | fact | | gladly *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | money | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **like** *in a quote* | should | My dear father *= father* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **learn** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | My dear father *= father* *not said here* | shudder | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shudder=Topic | | 6 | **not** **understand** *in a quote* | present · do-support | My dear father *= father* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/11/) - ↑ back to [The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/)