--- title: “Well,” said the East Wind, “I have heard tell of the Prince, and of… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Well,” said the East Wind, “I have heard tell of the Prince, and of his castle, but I do not know the way to it, for I have never blown so far; but, if you like, I will go with you to my brother the West Wind: he may know that, for he is much stronger than I am. Who acts: East Wind, you, Wind. 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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 (East Wind, you, Wind), 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:pg503:4:84 # text = “Well,” said the East Wind, “I have heard tell of the Prince, and of his castle, but I do not know the way to it, for I have never blown so far; but, if you like, I will go with you to my brother the West Wind: he may know that, for he is much stronger than I am. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 14 tell tell NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 59 : : PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 63 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 68 much much ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 69 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 62 parataxis _ _ 70 than than SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 71 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the East Wind | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the East Wind *= wind* | tell of the Prince | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tell=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the East Wind *= wind* | the way | | | | to way | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **blow** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the East Wind *= wind* | | | | | far *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | future | the East Wind *= wind* | the West Wind | | | | with you; to my brother | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to brother=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | may | Wind | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Wind | | | | | strong *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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/85/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)