--- title: ‘But the book in which I read this,’ said the Emperor, ‘is sent me b… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘But the book in which I read this,’ said the Emperor, ‘is sent me by His Great Majesty the Emperor of Japan; so it cannot be untrue, and I will hear the Nightingale! Who acts: I, book, Great Majesty, ‘. 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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, book, Great Majesty, ‘), 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:pg640:48:37 # text = ‘But the book in which I read this,’ said the Emperor, ‘is sent me by His Great Majesty the Emperor of Japan; so it cannot be untrue, and I will hear the Nightingale! 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Japan Japan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 untrue untrue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 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 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | past | I | this | | the book | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the book | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **send** | present · passive | Emperor's Great Majesty | ‘ | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination i=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is** | can | ‘ | | | | | untrue *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** | future | I | the Nightingale | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nightingale=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/38/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/)