--- title: “You are aware,” he said, “that Skyresh Bolgolam has been your morta… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “You are aware,” he said, “that Skyresh Bolgolam has been your mortal enemy ever since your arrival, and his hatred is increased since your great success against Blefuscu, by which his glory as admiral is obscured. Who acts: You, Emperor, Skyresh, your. 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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 (You, Emperor, Skyresh, your), 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:pg503:46:39 # text = “You are aware,” he said, “that Skyresh Bolgolam has been your mortal enemy ever since your arrival, and his hatred is increased since your great success against Blefuscu, by which his glory as admiral is obscured. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 aware aware ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 12 Skyresh Skyresh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 13 Bolgolam Bolgolam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 14 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 cop _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 mortal mortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ 19 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 22 advmod _ _ 20 since since ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hatred hatred NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 increased increase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ _ 29 since since ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 against against ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Blefuscu Blefuscu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obl _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 obscured obscure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | aware *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Emperor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Skyresh | your mortal enemy | | | since your arrival | | tree rules | | 4 | **increase** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Emperor's hatred | | | since your great success against Blefuscu | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **obscure** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Emperor's glory as admiral | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **arrive** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **glory** *in a quote* | | Emperor | | | | | as admiral | nom glory «state intransitive»: poss=agent as=obl | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/40/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/)