--- title: She desired to have everything brought up to her, but he said: “Ther… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She desired to have everything brought up to her, but he said: “There is such a quantity of things that it would take many days to bring them up, and they would take up so many rooms that you would have no space for them in your house.” Who acts: master, John, it, wares. 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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 (master, John, it, wares), 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:pg503:41:49 # text = She desired to have everything brought up to her, but he said: “There is such a quantity of things that it would take many days to bring them up, and they would take up so many rooms that you would have no space for them in your house.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 20 det:predet _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 47 det _ _ 47 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **desire** | past | master | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | master *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | | 3 | **bring up** | participle | | | master | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | John | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | such quantity | | | | of things | tree rules | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | would | it | things | | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 7 | **bring up** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | wares *= ware* | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 8 | **take up** *in a quote* | would | wares *= ware* | many rooms | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | would | many rooms | no space | | your house | | for wares *= ware* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/50/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)