--- title: ‘Yes,’ said the Emperor, ‘but there are so many who ask for a place… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Yes,’ said the Emperor, ‘but there are so many who ask for a place that I don’t know whether there will be one for you; but, still, I will think of you. Who acts: Emperor, many, I, one. A sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Swineherd, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/35/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/) / 35 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Swineherd, sentence 35 ‘Yes,’ said the Emperor, ‘but there are so many who ask for a place that I don’t know whether there will be one for you; but, still, I will think of you. **Who acts:** Emperor, many, I, one · **What happens:** say, be, ask, not know, think · **To what, where:** place · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor, many, I, one), 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:pg640:43:35 # text = ‘Yes,’ said the Emperor, ‘but there are so many who ask for a place that I don’t know whether there will be one for you; but, still, I will think of you. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 nsubj _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 23 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nsubj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 still still ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Emperor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | many | | | | | for a place | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | a place | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | future | one for you | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | future | I | | | | still | of you | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/36/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/43/)