--- title: But Trusty John said: “I am only the servant of a rich merchant, wha… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But Trusty John said: “I am only the servant of a rich merchant, what I have here is nothing compared to what my master has on his ship; his merchandise is more artistic and costly than anything that has ever been made in gold before.” Who acts: Trusty John, servant, master, merchandise. 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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 (Trusty John, servant, master, merchandise), 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:pg503:41:48 # text = But Trusty John said: “I am only the servant of a rich merchant, what I have here is nothing compared to what my master has on his ship; his merchandise is more artistic and costly than anything that has ever been made in gold before.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 Trusty Trusty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 nsubj _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 appos _ _ 23 compared compare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 merchandise merchandise NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 37 artistic artistic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 40 than than ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 37 obl _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obl _ _ 43 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 46 advmod _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 49 before before ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Trusty John | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Trusty John *= john* | the servant | | | | of a rich merchant | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Trusty John *= john* | | | here | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the servant | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **compare** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | my master | | | John's ship | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | John's merchandise | | | | | than anything; artistic *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | | John's merchandise *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **make** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | | | gold | ever | before *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/49/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)