--- title: Any other slave but Morgiana, on finding a man in the jar instead of… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Any other slave but Morgiana, on finding a man in the jar instead of the oil she wanted, would have screamed and made a noise; but she, knowing the danger her master was in, bethought herself of a plan, and answered quietly: “Not yet, but presently.” Who acts: Morgiana, master. 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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 (Morgiana, master), 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:pg503:34:101 # text = Any other slave but Morgiana, on finding a man in the jar instead of the oil she wanted, would have screamed and made a noise; but she, knowing the danger her master was in, bethought herself of a plan, and answered quietly: “Not yet, but presently.” 1 Any any DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Morgiana Morgiana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 on on SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 17 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux _ _ 23 screamed scream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 in in ADV RB _ 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 bethought bethink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 41 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 48 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 50 “ " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 yet yet ADV RB _ 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 presently presently ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | gerund | | a man | | the jar | | instead the oil | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 2 | **want** | past | Morgiana | the oil *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot oil=Theme | | 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | would · perfect · passive | | any other slave but Morgiana | | | | presently *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **make** | past | | a noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 5 | **know** | gerund | Morgiana *not said here* | the danger | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer danger=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | Morgiana's master | the danger *not said here* | | | | in *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **bethink** | past | Morgiana | Morgiana | | | | of a plan | tree rules | | 8 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | quietly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/102/) - ↑ back to [The Forty Thieves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/)