--- title: Then the bailiff spoke up and said: “Out there in the gilded cottage… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the bailiff spoke up and said: “Out there in the gilded cottage in the thicket dwells a girl, and if you could but get her to lend you her calf I know it could draw the coach, even if it were as heavy as a mountain.” Who acts: bailiff, girl, calf, coach. 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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 (bailiff, girl, calf, coach), 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:pg503:19:13 # text = Then the bailiff spoke up and said: “Out there in the gilded cottage in the thicket dwells a girl, and if you could but get her to lend you her calf I know it could draw the coach, even if it were as heavy as a mountain.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bailiff bailiff NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Out out ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 parataxis _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 gilded gild VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 19 dwells dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 even even ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 as as ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak up** *speech: other* | past | the bailiff | | | | then | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the bailiff *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **gild** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **dwell** *in a quote* | present | | a girl | | the thicket | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme girl=Location | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | could | the bailiff *not said here* | girl | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **lend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | bailiff's calf | you | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient calf=Theme | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the bailiff *= bailiff* | bailiff's calf *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **draw** *in a quote* | could | calf | the coach | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coach=Theme | | 9 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | coach | | | | | as a mountain; heavy *property* | tree rules | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/14/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/)