--- title: Saphir, who was raging with thirst, was just about to shake it off a… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Saphir, who was raging with thirst, was just about to shake it off anew, when the little creature fixed upon him the most beautiful eyes in the world, and said, ‘I am a friend of the bird you are seeking, and when you have quenched your thirst listen to me.’ Who acts: Saphir, I, you, your. 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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 (Saphir, I, you, your), 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:pg640:11:66 # text = Saphir, who was raging with thirst, was just about to shake it off anew, when the little creature fixed upon him the most beautiful eyes in the world, and said, ‘I am a friend of the bird you are seeking, and when you have quenched your thirst listen to me.’ 1 Saphir Saphir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 raging rage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 acl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 about about ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 shake shake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 off off ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 16 anew anew ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 22 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 27 advmod _ _ 27 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 quenched quench VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 53 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rage** | past · progressive | Saphir | | | | | with thirst | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with thirst=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | Saphir *vocative*; about, anew, shake *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fix** | participle · passive | | the little creature | | | | upon Saphir | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary eye=Product | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | I | a friend | | | | of the bird | tree rules | | 6 | **seek** | present · progressive | you | the bird *not said here* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | | 7 | **quench** | present · perfect | you | your thirst | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **listen** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to i=Theme | | 9 | **thirst** | | your | | | | | | nom thirst «state intransitive»: 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/11/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/11/67/) - ↑ back to [The Donkey Cabbage, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/11/)