--- title: Once a year he makes his address to his subjects, of whom the Editor… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Once a year he makes his address to his subjects, of whom the Editor is one, and Mr. Joseph Jacobs (who has published many delightful fairy tales with pretty pictures)(1) is another. Who acts: gentleman, Editor, Joseph. 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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 (gentleman, Editor, Joseph), 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:pg640:2:13 # text = Once a year he makes his address to his subjects, of whom the Editor is one, and Mr. Joseph Jacobs (who has published many delightful fairy tales with pretty pictures)(1) is another. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 address address NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 obj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Editor editor NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:desc _ _ 21 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 22 Jacobs Jacobs PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 published publish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 27 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 28 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | gentleman | gentleman's address | | | | to gentleman's subjects; once *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset address=Beneficiary whom=Product | | 2 | **is a** | present | the Editor | one | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **publish** | present · perfect | Joseph Mr. | many delightful fairy tales | | | | with pretty pictures | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Result | | 4 | **address** | | gentleman | | | | | | nom address «communication 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 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/2/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/2/14/) - ↑ back to [Joan, Toddles, and Tiny](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/2/)