--- title: ‘Ah, my lord,’ she said, ‘you know nothing of me but what you have s… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Ah, my lord,’ she said, ‘you know nothing of me but what you have seen in the mirror; and I, who cannot even name my parents, learn that you are a king’s son.’ Who acts: Serpentine, you, I. 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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 (Serpentine, you, I), 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:pg640:12:39 # text = ‘Ah, my lord,’ she said, ‘you know nothing of me but what you have seen in the mirror; and I, who cannot even name my parents, learn that you are a king’s son.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 14 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 conj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 30 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 name name VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Serpentine | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** | present | you | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | present · perfect | you | | | the mirror | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **name** | can | | my parents | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Theme | | 5 | **learn** | present | I | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | you | a king's son | | | | | tree rules | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/40/) - ↑ back to [The Donkey Cabbage, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/)