--- title: “Madam,” said he, “thanks to your generosity I have earned one twice… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Madam,” said he, “thanks to your generosity I have earned one twice over; but the fact is that my father is so loth to part with it that it would be no pleasure to me to take it.” Who acts: Madam, son, fact. 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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 (Madam, son, fact), 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:pg503:24:39 # text = “Madam,” said he, “thanks to your generosity I have earned one twice over; but the fact is that my father is so loth to part with it that it would be no pleasure to me to take it.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 generosity generosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 earned earn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obj _ _ 17 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 18 advmod _ _ 18 over over ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:outer _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 loth loth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 advcl _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 expl _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 39 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 advcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 csubj _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Madam | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **thanks** *in a quote* | | son | | | | | to your generosity | tree rules | | 3 | **earn** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Madam | one | | | | over *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the fact | | | | | loth *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | would | the fact *not said here* | no pleasure | Madam | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | fact | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/40/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)