--- title: So saying, she gave to the King a sword made from a single diamond,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So saying, she gave to the King a sword made from a single diamond, which was more brilliant than the sun. He could not find words to express his gratitude, but he begged her to believe that he fully appreciated the importance of her gift, and would never forget her help and kindness. 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He could not find words to express his gratitude, but he begged her to believe that he fully appreciated the importance of her gift, and would never forget her help and kindness. **Who acts:** Princess, single diamond, King · **What happens:** say, give, make, be, not find, express · **To what, where:** sword, King, words, gratitude, Princess, importance · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, single diamond, King), 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:pg503:7:52 # text = So saying, she gave to the King a sword made from a single diamond, which was more brilliant than the sun. He could not find words to express his gratitude, but he begged her to believe that he fully appreciated the importance of her gift, and would never forget her help and kindness. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 11 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 20 brilliant brilliant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 list _ _ 21 than than ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sun. sun. NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 express express VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 fully fully ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 appreciated appreciate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 importance importance NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | past | Princess | a sword | the King | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sword=Theme to king=Recipient | | 3 | **make** | participle | | a sword *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **is** | past | a single diamond | | | | | than the sun.; brilliant *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **find** | could | King | words | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 6 | **express** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | King's gratitude | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme | | 7 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | King | | Princess | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **believe** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **appreciate** | past | King | the importance of Princess's gift | | | | fully *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer importance=Stimulus | | 10 | **not** **forget** | would | King *not said here* | Princess's help and kindness | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **gift** | | Princess | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **help** | | Princess | | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/53/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)