--- title: Having said these words, she drew a sparkling diamond ring from her… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Having said these words, she drew a sparkling diamond ring from her finger, which she handed to the Prince, saying: ‘Keep this ring in memory of Militza, and think of her sometimes if you never see her again. Who acts: girl, sparkling diamond ring, you. 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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 (girl, sparkling diamond ring, you), 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:pg640:30:40 # text = Having said these words, she drew a sparkling diamond ring from her finger, which she handed to the Prince, saying: ‘Keep this ring in memory of Militza, and think of her sometimes if you never see her again. 1 Having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 sparkling sparkling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 handed hand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Militza Militza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 38 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 42 advmod _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | girl *not said here* | this said words | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **draw** | past | girl | a sparkling diamond ring | | girl's finger | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent ring=Theme from finger=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **hand** | past | a sparkling diamond ring | | the Prince | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to prince=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a sparkling diamond ring *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **keep** | infinitive | | this ring | | memory of Militza | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ring=Theme in memory=Location | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | infinitive | | girl | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot her=Theme | | 8 | **not** **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | girl | | | again | sometimes *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/41/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)