--- title: “Son,” said he, “I have already expressed to you how much I am oblig… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Son,” said he, “I have already expressed to you how much I am obliged to you for the present of the tent you have procured me; that I look upon it as the most valuable thing in all my treasury. Who acts: Son, 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 (Son, 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:pg503:52:45 # text = “Son,” said he, “I have already expressed to you how much I am obliged to you for the present of the tent you have procured me; that I look upon it as the most valuable thing in all my treasury. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Son Son PROPN NNP 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 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 already already ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 16 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obj _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 procured procure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 41 advmod _ _ 41 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **express** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Son | much | you | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent much=Theme to you=Recipient | | 3 | **oblige** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Son | you | | | for the present of the tent | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **procure** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | Son | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | present | Son | | | | | upon present; as the valuable thing in my treasury | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon it=Theme | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/46/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)