--- title: In his right waistcoat pocket we found a number of white thin substa… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In his right waistcoat pocket we found a number of white thin substances, folded one over another, about the size of three men, tied with a strong cable, and marked with black figures, which we humbly conceive to be writings. Who acts: we, white thin substances. 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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 (we, white thin substances), 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:pg503:44:17 # text = In his right waistcoat pocket we found a number of white thin substances, folded one over another, about the size of three men, tied with a strong cable, and marked with black figures, which we humbly conceive to be writings. 1 In in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 waistcoat waistcoat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 substances substance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 folded fold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obj _ _ 17 over over ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 about about ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 humbly humbly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 conceive conceive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 writings writing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | we | a number of white thin substances and the size of three men | | Majesty's right waistcoat pocket | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **fold** | participle | white thin substances and the size of three men *not said here* | one | | another | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 3 | **tie** | participle | | three men *not said here* | | | | with a strong cable | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with cable=Co-Patient | | 4 | **mark** | participle | we *not said here* | black figures | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent figure=Destination | | 5 | **conceive** | present | we | black figures | | | | humbly *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | writings | | | | | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/44/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/44/18/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/44/)