--- title: ‘I have a basket of lovely figs for the king,’ he said to the servan… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I have a basket of lovely figs for the king,’ he said to the servant who opened it, ‘if his majesty will be graciously pleased to accept them with my humble duty.’ Who acts: I, man, servant, majesty. 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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 (I, man, servant, majesty), 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:pg5615:37:115 # text = ‘I have a basket of lovely figs for the king,’ he said to the servant who opened it, ‘if his majesty will be graciously pleased to accept them with my humble duty.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 figs fig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 29 graciously graciously ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | a basket of lovely figs for the king | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | to the servant | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to servant=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **open** | past | the servant | basket | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | man's majesty | | | | | graciously, pleased *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **accept** | to-infinitive | man's majesty *not said here* | figs *= fig* | | | | with my humble duty | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/116/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/)