--- title: “Now that’s a talent worth having,” said the King to the miller; “if… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Now that’s a talent worth having,” said the King to the miller; “if your daughter is as clever as you say, bring her to my palace to-morrow, and I’ll put her to the test.” Who acts: that, King, daughter, miller. 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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 (that, King, daughter, miller), 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:pg503:13:193 # text = “Now that’s a talent worth having,” said the King to the miller; “if your daughter is as clever as you say, bring her to my palace to-morrow, and I’ll put her to the test.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 talent talent NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 8 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ll 'll VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 41 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | a talent | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | the miller | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to miller=Recipient | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | your daughter | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the miller *= miller* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | daughter | | my palace to morrow | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to palace=Destination | | 7 | **'ll** *in a quote* | present | the King *= king* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | the King *= king* *not said here* | | daughter | | | to the test | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal | 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 192](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/192/) - next →: [sentence 194](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/194/) - ↑ 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/)