--- title: The girl said what she had said on each of the former occasions--tha… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The girl said what she had said on each of the former occasions--that it was not for sale either for gold or for money, but if she could get leave to go to the Prince who lived there, and be with him during the night, she should have it. Who acts: girl, nose. 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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 (girl, nose), 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:pg503:4:129 # text = The girl said what she had said on each of the former occasions--that it was not for sale either for gold or for money, but if she could get leave to go to the Prince who lived there, and be with him during the night, she should have it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 occasions occasion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 sale sale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 21 either either CCONJ CC _ 23 cc:preconj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 33 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 advcl _ _ 47 during during ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | girl | | | each | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | nose | | | | | for sale either gold or money | tree rules | | 4 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | girl | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **leave** | infinitive | | | | | night | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to the Prince | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to prince=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **live** | past | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | with prince | tree rules | | 9 | **have** | should | girl | nose | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/130/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)