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title: Upon his solemn oath to observe all the above articles, the said Man… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon his solemn oath to observe all the above articles, the said Man-Mountain shall have a daily allowance of meat and drink sufficient for the support of 1,724 of our subjects, with free access to our royal person, and other marks of our favor. Who acts: said Man Mountain, our. A sentence of «The B
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# The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter III, sentence 34

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Upon his solemn oath to observe all the above articles, the said Man-Mountain shall have a daily allowance of meat and drink sufficient for the support of 1,724 of our subjects, with free access to our royal person, and other marks of our favor.

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**Who acts:** said Man Mountain, our · **What happens:** observe, say, have, drink, allowance, mark · **To what, where:** above articles, daily allowance, meat, favor · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (said Man Mountain, our), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:45:34
# text = Upon his solemn oath to observe all the above articles, the said Man-Mountain shall have a daily allowance of meat and drink sufficient for the support of 1,724 of our subjects, with free access to our royal person, and other marks of our favor.
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	solemn	solemn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	above	above	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	articles	article	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
14	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	allowance	allowance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
26	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	xcomp	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	1,724	1,724	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	29	nmod	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	subjects	subject	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	access	access	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
41	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	parataxis	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	favor	favor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | to-infinitive | the said Man Mountain *not said here* | all above articles |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent article=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | shall | the said Man Mountain | a daily allowance of meat |  |  |  | upon express's solemn oath | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent allowance=Patient |
| 4 | **drink** | infinitive | the said Man Mountain *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the support of 1,724 of our subjects; with free access to our royal person; sufficient *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **allowance** |  |  | meat |  |  |  |  | nom allowance «possession transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **mark** |  |  | our favor |  |  |  |  | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **favor** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom favor «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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