--- title: So Trusty John spoke: “I am unjustly condemned, for I have always be… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So Trusty John spoke: “I am unjustly condemned, for I have always been faithful to you”; and he proceeded to relate how he had heard the ravens’ conversation on the sea, and how he had to do all he did in order to save his master. Who acts: Trusty, ravens. 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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, ravens), 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:pg503:41:98 # text = So Trusty John spoke: “I am unjustly condemned, for I have always been faithful to you”; and he proceeded to relate how he had heard the ravens’ conversation on the sea, and how he had to do all he did in order to save his master. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 Trusty Trusty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 unjustly unjustly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 condemned condemn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 17 advmod _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 17 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 relate relate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 ccomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ravens raven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’ 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 obj _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 47 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 48 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 51 mark _ _ 49 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 fixed _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl:relcl _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Trusty | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **condemn** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Trusty | | | | unjustly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Trusty | | you | | | always, faithful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **proceed** | past | Trusty | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **relate** | to-infinitive | Trusty *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **hear** | past · perfect | Trusty | the ravens's conversation | | the sea | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer conversation=Stimulus | | 7 | **have** | past | Trusty | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | Trusty *not said here* | all | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 9 | **save** | past · do-support | Trusty | Trusty's master | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | | 10 | **converse** | | the ravens | | | the sea | | | nom conversation «communication intransitive»: poss=agent on=place | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/99/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)