--- title: ‘It is all very well for Ciccu to have got possession of the sword,… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘It is all very well for Ciccu to have got possession of the sword, but it would have been far more to your majesty’s honour if he had captured the Man-eater himself.’ Who acts: sword, possession, Ciccu, 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 (sword, possession, Ciccu, 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:pg5615:38:40 # text = ‘It is all very well for Ciccu to have got possession of the sword, but it would have been far more to your majesty’s honour if he had captured the Man-eater himself.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Ciccu Ciccu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux _ _ 11 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 cop _ _ 22 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 23 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 captured capture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 eater eater NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | sword | | | | | for Ciccu; all, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive · perfect | | possession of the sword | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer possession=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** | infinitive | possession of the sword *not said here* | more | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 4 | **is** | participle | | | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **capture** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Ciccu | the Man eater Ciccu | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eater=Theme | | 6 | **possess** | | | the sword | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **honour** | | your majesty | | | | | | nom honour «state 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 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/41/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/)