--- title: I had one private pocket which escaped their search, containing a pa… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I had one private pocket which escaped their search, containing a pair of spectacles and a small spy-glass, which, being of no consequence to the Emperor, I did not think myself bound in honor to discover. Who acts: I, one private pocket, pair, worships. 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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 (I, one private pocket, pair, worships), 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:pg503:44:24 # text = I had one private pocket which escaped their search, containing a pair of spectacles and a small spy-glass, which, being of no consequence to the Emperor, I did not think myself bound in honor to discover. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 containing contain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 spectacles spectacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 19 spy spy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 37 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | I | one private pocket | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pocket=Patient | | 2 | **escape** | past | one private pocket | worships's search | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme search=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **contain** | gerund | I *not said here* | a pair of spectacles and a small spy glass and no consequence | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pair=Theme | | 4 | **is** | gerund | a pair of spectacles and a small spy glass and no consequence | | | | | of no consequence; to the Emperor | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | I | myself | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent myself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 6 | **bind** | participle | I *not said here* | | | honor | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **discover** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **search** | | worships *= worship* | | | | | | nom search «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/44/23/) - next →: [Chapter III, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/44/)