--- title: When he saw her well-disposed towards him, he exclaimed: ‘Madam, I h… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he saw her well-disposed towards him, he exclaimed: ‘Madam, I have a most important secret to confide to you, and I beg you not to be alarmed by what I am about to say. Who acts: parrot, 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 (parrot, 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:pg640:20:43 # text = When he saw her well-disposed towards him, he exclaimed: ‘Madam, I have a most important secret to confide to you, and I beg you not to be alarmed by what I am about to say. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 disposed dispose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 8 towards towards ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 21 advmod _ _ 21 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 confide confide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 about about ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | parrot | Princess | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dispose** | participle | | | | | | towards parrot; well *property* | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | parrot | Madam | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | present | I | a important secret | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Patient | | 5 | **confide** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a important secret *not said here* | you | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to you=Recipient | | 6 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | I | | you | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 7 | **not** **alarm** | to-infinitive · passive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | | | | | about *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/44/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/)