--- title: “You have guessed it, sir,” replied the crier, “and will own it when… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “You have guessed it, sir,” replied the crier, “and will own it when you come to know that whoever sits on this piece of tapestry may be transported in an instant wherever he desires to be, without being stopped by any obstacle.” Who acts: You, crier, whoever, obstacle. 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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, crier, whoever, obstacle), 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:pg503:49:26 # text = “You have guessed it, sir,” replied the crier, “and will own it when you come to know that whoever sits on this piece of tapestry may be transported in an instant wherever he desires to be, without being stopped by any obstacle.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 guessed guess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 own own VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 tapestry tapestry NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 transported transport VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 desires desire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 without without SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 49 obstacle obstacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** *in a quote* | present · perfect | You | price | | | | sir *vocative* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **own** *in a quote* | future | the crier *not said here* | price | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | whoever | | | this piece of tapestry | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on piece=Location | | 7 | **transport** *in a quote* | may · passive | | the crier | | a instant | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 8 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | crier | | | | | wherever *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **be** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | crier *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **stop** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | any obstacle | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/27/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/)