--- title: I am sure there are many men in your kingdom who could protect these… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I am sure there are many men in your kingdom who could protect these trees from the cunning arts of a thieving magician; I myself, who as your eldest son claim the first right to do so, will mount guard over the fruit this very night.’ Who acts: I, many men, kingdom. 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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 (I, many men, kingdom), 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:pg640:30:24 # text = I am sure there are many men in your kingdom who could protect these trees from the cunning arts of a thieving magician; I myself, who as your eldest son claim the first right to do so, will mount guard over the fruit this very night.’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 cunning cunning ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 arts art NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 thieving thieve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 amod _ _ 23 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 amod _ _ 32 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 33 claim claim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 36 amod _ _ 36 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 mount mount VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 43 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 over over ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 48 very very ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **does** | present | many men | | | your kingdom; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kingdom=Location | | 3 | **protect** | could | your kingdom | this trees | | | | from the cunning arts of a thieving magician | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent tree=Beneficiary from art=Theme | | 4 | **thieve** | gerund | | | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | | the first right | | | | as your eldest son | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent right=Topic | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | | the first right *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mount** | future | | guard | | the fruit | night | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent guard=Theme over fruit=Destination | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/25/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)