--- title: Then the nixy spoke comforting words to him, and promised that she w… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the nixy spoke comforting words to him, and promised that she would make him richer and more prosperous than he had ever been in his life before, if he would give her in return the youngest thing in his house. Who acts: nixy, miller. 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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 (nixy, miller), 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:pg640:20:81 # text = Then the nixy spoke comforting words to him, and promised that she would make him richer and more prosperous than he had ever been in his life before, if he would give her in return the youngest thing in his house. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 nixy nixy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 comforting comforting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 richer rich ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 xcomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 20 prosperous prosperous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 21 than than ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 24 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 28 advmod _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 29 before before ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 amod _ _ 40 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the nixy | comforting words | miller | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the nixy *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **make** | would | NIXY | miller | | | | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product | | 4 | **is** | past · perfect | miller | | | | ever | than miller's life; before *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | miller | return | NIXY | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient return=Theme | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/82/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/)