--- title: Then the attorney said, for he too was at the wedding in the palace:… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the attorney said, for he too was at the wedding in the palace: “Away there in the thicket dwells a maiden, and if you could but get her to lend you one-half of her porch-door I am certain that it will hold together.” Who acts: attorney, three, half. 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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 (attorney, three, half), 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:pg503:19:8 # text = Then the attorney said, for he too was at the wedding in the palace: “Away there in the thicket dwells a maiden, and if you could but get her to lend you one-half of her porch-door I am certain that it will hold together.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 attorney attorney NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 23 dwells dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 35 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 42 porch porch NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 52 together together ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the attorney | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | attorney | | | the palace | | for the wedding | tree rules | | 3 | **dwell** *in a quote* | present | | a maiden | | the thicket; there | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme maiden=Location | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | could | | three | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | three *not said here* | one half of three's porch door | you | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient half=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the attorney *= attorney* | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **hold together** *in a quote* | future | half | | | | | together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/9/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/)