--- title: ‘But I’ll tell you what,’ he said, ‘if there is such a place on eart… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘But I’ll tell you what,’ he said, ‘if there is such a place on earth at all, I have a brother who lives nine hundred miles from here, and he is sure to know where they are, if anyone in this world does.’ Who acts: I, Irishman, brother, miles. 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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, Irishman, brother, miles), 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:pg640:45:107 # text = ‘But I’ll tell you what,’ he said, ‘if there is such a place on earth at all, I have a brother who lives nine hundred miles from here, and he is sure to know where they are, if anyone in this world does.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 19 det:predet _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 compound _ _ 32 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 ccomp _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 52 nsubj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Irishman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | present | | such place | | earth | | at all | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | present | I | a brother | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient | | 5 | **live** | present | a brother | hundred miles | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme mile=Location | | 6 | **is** | present | Irishman | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **know** | to-infinitive | Irishman *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | present | miles *= mile* | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | anyone | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/108/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/)