--- title: ‘“It is well for you,” says the young woman, “that the lord of this… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘“It is well for you,” says the young woman, “that the lord of this castle is not at home at present; for he is a monstrous giant, with but one eye on his forehead, who lives on human flesh. Who acts: castle, young woman, lord, person. 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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 (castle, young woman, lord, person), 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:pg540:8:112 # text = ‘“It is well for you,” says the young woman, “that the lord of this castle is not at home at present; for he is a monstrous giant, with but one eye on his forehead, who lives on human flesh. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 monstrous monstrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | castle | | | | | for you; well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the young woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | the lord of this castle | | | home | | at present | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | person | a monstrous giant | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **live** *in a quote* | present | one eye on person's forehead | | | human flesh | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on flesh=Location | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/113/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)