--- title: I took it in the air, and gave it the necessary motion to strike aga… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I took it in the air, and gave it the necessary motion to strike against the rocks near which you found it, and I tell you that it lies in your power to make use of the favorable opportunity which presents itself to make you happy.” Who acts: I, you, worthy, favorable opportunity. 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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 (I, you, worthy, favorable opportunity), 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:pg503:50:56 # text = I took it in the air, and gave it the necessary motion to strike against the rocks near which you found it, and I tell you that it lies in your power to make use of the favorable opportunity which presents itself to make you happy.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 16 against against ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 near near ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 favorable favorable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 presents present VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | I | worthy | | the air | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in air=Location | | 2 | **give** | past | I *not said here* | worthy | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient motion=Theme | | 3 | **strike** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | the rocks | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against rock=Location | | 4 | **find** | past | you | worthy | | the rocks | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **lie** | present | worthy | | | your power | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in power=Location | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | worthy *not said here* | use of the favorable opportunity | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset use=Product | | 8 | **present** | present | the favorable opportunity | worthy | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme | | 9 | **make** | to-infinitive | the favorable opportunity *not said here* | you | | | | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | | 10 | **use** | | | the favorable opportunity | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/57/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/50/)