--- title: ‘My esteemed little Nightingale,’ said the First Lord, ‘I have the g… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘My esteemed little Nightingale,’ said the First Lord, ‘I have the great pleasure to invite you to Court this evening, where His Gracious Imperial Highness will be enchanted with your charming song!’ Who acts: esteemed little Nightingale, I, you, your. 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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 (esteemed little Nightingale, I, you, your), 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:pg640:48:76 # text = ‘My esteemed little Nightingale,’ said the First Lord, ‘I have the great pleasure to invite you to Court this evening, where His Gracious Imperial Highness will be enchanted with your charming song!’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 3 esteemed esteem VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 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 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Court court VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 28 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 29 Gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 Imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **esteem** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | My esteemed little Nightingale | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | present | I | the great pleasure | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | | 4 | **invite** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **court** *not said to happen* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | evening | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **enchant** | future · passive | | Lord's Gracious Imperial Highness | | | | with your charming song | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **sing** | | your | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/77/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/)