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title: “No,” said the West Wind; “so far as that have I never blown; but if… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: “No,” said the West Wind; “so far as that have I never blown; but if you like I will go with you to the South Wind, for he is much stronger than either of us, and he has roamed far and wide, and perhaps he can tell you what you want to know. Who acts: West Wind, you, Wind. A sentence of «The Blue Fa
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# The Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, sentence 88

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“No,” said the West Wind; “so far as that have I never blown; but if you like I will go with you to the South Wind, for he is much stronger than either of us, and he has roamed far and wide, and perhaps he can tell you what you want to know.

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**Who acts:** West Wind, you, Wind · **What happens:** say, not blow, like, go, be, roam · **To what, where:** that, South Wind, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (West Wind, you, Wind), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:4:88
# text = “No,” said the West Wind; “so far as that have I never blown; but if you like I will go with you to the South Wind, for he is much stronger than either of us, and he has roamed far and wide, and perhaps he can tell you what you want to know.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	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	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Wind	Wind	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
10	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
21	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	advcl	_	_
24	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	26	obl	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	Wind	Wind	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
34	for	for	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
36	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
37	much	much	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	26	parataxis	_	_
39	than	than	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	38	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	roamed	roam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
48	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	47	advmod	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
53	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
55	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	parataxis	_	_
57	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	56	iobj	_	_
58	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	60	obj	_	_
59	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
60	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	56	ccomp	_	_
61	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
62	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the West Wind |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **blow** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive |  | that |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **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 |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | future | the West Wind *= wind* |  |  | the South Wind |  | with you | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wind=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Wind |  |  |  |  | than either; strong *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **roam** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Wind |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | Wind |  | you |  |  | perhaps *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 8 | **want** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

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**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.

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