--- title: “I am not surprised,” she said to herself, “that this wicked man, wh… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I am not surprised,” she said to herself, “that this wicked man, who intends to kill my master, will eat no salt with him; but I will hinder his plans.” Who acts: Morgiana, wicked man, salt. 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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, wicked man, salt), 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:pg503:34:135 # text = “I am not surprised,” she said to herself, “that this wicked man, who intends to kill my master, will eat no salt with him; but I will hinder his plans.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 16 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 intends intend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 hinder hinder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Morgiana | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Morgiana | | Morgiana | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **intend** *in a quote* | present | this wicked man | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **kill** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | this wicked man *not said here* | my master | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | | 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | future | this wicked man | no salt | | | | with salt | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient | | 6 | **hinder** *in a quote* | future | Morgiana | salt's plans | | | | | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer plan=Eventuality | | 7 | **plan** *in a quote* | | salt | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/136/) - ↑ back to [The Forty Thieves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/34/)