--- title: “What,” said he, “should be done to a certain person who has deceive… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “What,” said he, “should be done to a certain person who has deceived everyone?” and he proceeded to relate the whole story, ending up with, “Now what sentence should be passed?” Who acts: certain person, King. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Goose-girl, with its dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/87/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/) / 87 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Goose-girl, sentence 87 “What,” said he, “should be done to a certain person who has deceived everyone?” and he proceeded to relate the whole story, ending up with, “Now what sentence should be passed?” **Who acts:** certain person, King · **What happens:** say, do, deceive, proceed, relate, end up · **To what, where:** everyone, whole story, sentence · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Goose-girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (certain person, King), 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:pg503:37:87 # text = “What,” said he, “should be done to a certain person who has deceived everyone?” and he proceeded to relate the whole story, ending up with, “Now what sentence should be passed?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 relate relate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 ending end VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 advcl _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 38 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | should · passive | | | | | | to a certain person | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 3 | **deceive** *in a quote* | present · perfect | a certain person | everyone | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient | | 4 | **proceed** | past | King | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **relate** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the whole story | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | | 6 | **end up** | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **pass** *in a quote* | should · passive | | sentence | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient what=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/88/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/)