--- title: “This time,” she added, “I can give you a suitable escort”; and on l… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “This time,” she added, “I can give you a suitable escort”; and on looking out into the courtyard the Prince saw a superb chariot of burnished gold, enameled in flame color with a thousand different devices. Who acts: Cat. 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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 (Cat), 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:pg503:24:10 # text = “This time,” she added, “I can give you a suitable escort”; and on looking out into the courtyard the Prince saw a superb chariot of burnished gold, enameled in flame color with a thousand different devices. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 suitable suitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 escort escort NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 20 on on SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 28 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 superb superb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 burnished burnish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 enameled enamel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 43 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 devices device NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | Cat | | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | can | Cat | a suitable escort | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient escort=Theme | | 3 | **look out** | gerund | | the Prince | | the courtyard | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | past | Cat *not said here* | a superb chariot of burnished gold | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chariot=Stimulus | | 5 | **burnish** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **enamel** | participle | Cat *not said here* | | | flame color with thousand different devices | | | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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/pg503/24/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/11/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)