--- title: But WE say that all the stories which are pleasant to read are quite… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But WE say that all the stories which are pleasant to read are quite true enough for us; so here they are, with pictures by Mr. Ford, and we do not think that either the pictures or the stories are likely to mislead children. Who acts: WE, stories, pictures. 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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 (WE, stories, pictures), 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:pg640:2:25 # text = But WE say that all the stories which are pleasant to read are quite true enough for us; so here they are, with pictures by Mr. Ford, and we do not think that either the pictures or the stories are likely to mislead children. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 WE we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 quite quite ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 16 enough enough ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 parataxis _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:desc _ _ 29 Ford Ford PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 37 either either CCONJ CC _ 39 cc:preconj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 43 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 ccomp _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 mislead mislead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | WE | | | | | with pictures by Ford Mr. | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with picture=Manner | | 2 | **is** | present | all stories | | | | | pleasant *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **read** | to-infinitive | all stories *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | all stories | | | | | for us; enough, true *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | we | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | the pictures or the stories | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **mislead** | to-infinitive | the pictures or the stories *not said here* | children | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/2/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/2/26/) - ↑ back to [Joan, Toddles, and Tiny](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/2/)