--- title: “If my son has such a long nose as that,” he said to himself, “he mu… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “If my son has such a long nose as that,” he said to himself, “he must always see it or feel it; at least, if he is not blind or without hands.” Who acts: son. 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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 (son), 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:pg503:3:16 # text = “If my son has such a long nose as that,” he said to himself, “he must always see it or feel it; at least, if he is not blind or without hands.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 6 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 9 det:predet _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 23 advmod _ _ 23 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 without without ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | my son | such long nose | | | | as that | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | son | | son | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | must | son | nose | | | | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **feel** *in a quote* | infinitive | son *not said here* | nose | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | son | | | least | | blind *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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/17/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)