--- title: In three days your friend the secretary will come to your house and… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In three days your friend the secretary will come to your house and read the accusation before you, and point out the great mercy of his Majesty, that only condemns you to the loss of your eyes--which, he does not doubt, you will submit to humbly and gratefully. 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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 (three days, great mercy, secretary, you), 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:pg503:46:53 # text = In three days your friend the secretary will come to your house and read the accusation before you, and point out the great mercy of his Majesty, that only condemns you to the loss of your eyes--which, he does not doubt, you will submit to humbly and gratefully. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 secretary secretary NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 accusation accusation NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 before before ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 point point VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 condemns condemn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 doubt doubt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 submit submit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 humbly humbly ADV RB _ 50 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 gratefully gratefully ADV RB _ 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | future | three days | | | your house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **read** | infinitive | three days *not said here* | the accusation | | | before you | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accusation=Topic | | 3 | **point out** | infinitive | | the great mercy of secretary's Majesty | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mercy=Patient | | 4 | **condemn** | present | the great mercy of secretary's Majesty | you | | | | to the loss of your eyes | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **not** **doubt** | present · do-support | secretary | the loss of your eyes | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 6 | **submit** | future | you | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to humbly=Theme | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/54/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/)