--- title: “Sir,” replied the crier, “the thing is known and averred by the who… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Sir,” replied the crier, “the thing is known and averred by the whole city of Samarcand; but, without going any further, ask all these merchants you see here, and hear what they say. Who acts: crier, you, merchants. 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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, you, merchants), 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:pg503:50:2 # text = “Sir,” replied the crier, “the thing is known and averred by the whole city of Samarcand; but, without going any further, ask all these merchants you see here, and hear what they say. 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 , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 averred aver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Samarcand Samarcand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 without without SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 27 any any ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 further further ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 30 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 hear hear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 42 obj _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . 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 | **know** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the thing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **aver** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | by the whole city of Samarcand | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | further *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | | all merchants | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent merchant=Recipient | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | all merchants *not said here* | | here | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer merchant=Stimulus | | 7 | **hear** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | merchants *= merchant* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/3/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)