--- title: So walking up to a great mirror, he said to it, “Trusty counsellor,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So walking up to a great mirror, he said to it, “Trusty counsellor, let me see what I can do to make myself agreeable to the charming Fairy of the Desert; for I can think of nothing but how to please her.” Who acts: King, Trusty counsellor. 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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 (King, Trusty counsellor), 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:pg503:7:4 # text = So walking up to a great mirror, he said to it, “Trusty counsellor, let me see what I can do to make myself agreeable to the charming Fairy of the Desert; for I can think of nothing but how to please her.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Trusty trusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 counsellor counsellor NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 27 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obj _ _ 28 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Desert Desert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 40 obl _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk up** | gerund | King *not said here* | | | a great mirror | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to mirror=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | mirror | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to it=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | Trusty counsellor | King | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | can | King | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | King | | | | agreeable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset myself=Product | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | can | King | | | | | of nothing | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **please** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | Fairy | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/5/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)