--- title: “Bring this creature to me,” said he; “vermin are dreadful in a cour… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Bring this creature to me,” said he; “vermin are dreadful in a court, and if she will perform what you say I will load your ship with gold and jewels in exchange for her.” Who acts: King, vermin, news, 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 (King, vermin, news, 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:pg503:29:43 # text = “Bring this creature to me,” said he; “vermin are dreadful in a court, and if she will perform what you say I will load your ship with gold and jewels in exchange for her.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 vermin vermin NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 obj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 load load VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | this creature | King | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent creature=Theme to i=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | vermin | | | a court | | dreadful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **perform** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | news | | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **load** *in a quote* | future | King | your ship | | | | with gold and jewels in exchange for news | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent ship=Destination with gold=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/44/) - ↑ back to [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/)