--- title: “Sir,” said the crier, giving it into his hand, “if you look at the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Sir,” said the crier, giving it into his hand, “if you look at the outside of this apple, it is very worthless, but if you consider its properties, virtues, and the great use and benefit it is to mankind, you will say it is no price for it, and that he who possesses it is master of a great treasure --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/60/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/) / 60 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1, sentence 60 “Sir,” said the crier, giving it into his hand, “if you look at the outside of this apple, it is very worthless, but if you consider its properties, virtues, and the great use and benefit it is to mankind, you will say it is no price for it, and that he who possesses it is master of a great treasure. **Who acts:** Sir, you, apple, great use · **What happens:** say, give, look, be, consider, benefit · **To what, where:** crier, apple, hand, properties, price, master · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sir, you, apple, great use), 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:pg503:49:60 # text = “Sir,” said the crier, giving it into his hand, “if you look at the outside of this apple, it is very worthless, but if you consider its properties, virtues, and the great use and benefit it is to mankind, you will say it is no price for it, and that he who possesses it is master of a great treasure. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|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 , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 outside outside NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 worthless worthless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 consider consider VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 35 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 properties property NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 virtues virtue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 benefit benefit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 mankind mankind NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 56 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 57 det _ _ 57 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 parataxis _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 65 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 68 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sir | the crier | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | gerund | Sir *not said here* | apple | | sir's hand | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | at the outside of this apple | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at outside=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | apple | | | | | worthless *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **consider** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | apple's properties and virtues | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent property=Attribute | | 6 | **benefit** *in a quote* | infinitive | the great use *not said here* | | | | | | vn benefit-72.2 «NP V»: agent=Beneficiary | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | apple | | | | | to mankind | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | the great use | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | apple | no price | | | | for virtue | tree rules | | 10 | **possess** *in a quote* | present | sir | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 11 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | apple | master | | | | of a great treasure | tree rules | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/61/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/)