--- title: The landlord, who heard this, laughed and said: “If that’s what you’… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The landlord, who heard this, laughed and said: “If that’s what you’re sighing for, you shall be given every opportunity here.” Who acts: landlord, that, you. 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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 (landlord, that, you), 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:pg503:13:78 # text = The landlord, who heard this, laughed and said: “If that’s what you’re sighing for, you shall be given every opportunity here.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 landlord landlord NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 If if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 parataxis _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’re be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 sighing sigh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 xcomp _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 26 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the landlord | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **laugh** | past | the landlord | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the landlord *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **does** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **sigh** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | you | | here | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient opportunity=Theme | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/79/) - ↑ 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/)