--- title: ‘I have a daughter,’ said the old woman, ‘who is so beautiful that s… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I have a daughter,’ said the old woman, ‘who is so beautiful that she has not her equal in the world, and is well fitted to be your wife; if you will make her lady-queen I will show you the way out of the wood.’ Who acts: I, old woman, woman, 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 (I, old woman, woman, 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:pg640:4:8 # text = ‘I have a daughter,’ said the old woman, ‘who is so beautiful that she has not her equal in the world, and is well fitted to be your wife; if you will make her lady-queen I will show you the way out of the wood.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 30 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 31 fitted fit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 42 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 51 out out ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | a daughter | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | present | woman | | | | | equal *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fit** | present · passive | | | | | | well *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING» | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | your wife | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **show** | future | woman's lady queen | the way | you | the wood | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/9/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/)