--- title: “Sir,” replied the crier, “I have told you the truth; and it is an e… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Sir,” replied the crier, “I have told you the truth; and it is an easy matter to convince you of it, as soon as you have made the bargain for forty purses, on condition I show you the experiment. Who acts: crier, it, you. 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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 (crier, it, 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:pg503:49:29 # text = “Sir,” replied the crier, “I have told you the truth; and it is an easy matter to convince you of it, as soon as you have made the bargain for forty purses, on condition I show you the experiment. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 convince convince VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 as as ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 purses purse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 experiment experiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the crier | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect | the crier *= crier* | the truth | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient truth=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a easy matter | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **convince** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the crier *not said here* | | you | | | of matter; soon *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | the bargain | | | | for forty purses | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent bargain=Product for purse=Asset | | 6 | **show** *in a quote* | present | the crier *= crier* | the experiment | you | condition | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient experiment=Topic | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/30/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/)