--- title: “You see,” said the Fairy, “that the pavilion is larger than what yo… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “You see,” said the Fairy, “that the pavilion is larger than what your father may have occasion for; for you must know that it has one property--that it is larger or smaller according to the army it is to cover.” Who acts: You, Fairy, pavilion, father. 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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, Fairy, pavilion, father), 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:pg503:52:39 # text = “You see,” said the Fairy, “that the pavilion is larger than what your father may have occasion for; for you must know that it has one property--that it is larger or smaller according to the army it is to cover.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pavilion pavilion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 parataxis _ _ 16 than than ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 22 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 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 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 conj _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 conj _ _ 41 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 case _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Fairy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the pavilion | | | | | large *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | may | your father | occasion | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | occasion | one property | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Patient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | occasion | | | | | accord the army; large *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | | occasion *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **accord** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | occasion | | | | | cover *property* | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/40/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)