--- title: ‘I think,’ said Olof, ‘that your wooer will come up through the floo… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I think,’ said Olof, ‘that your wooer will come up through the floor of the castle to you, and so you must be prepared when you hear the noise of his coming and the floor begins to open, and have at hand blazing pitch, and pour plenty of it into the opening. Who acts: I, Olof, wooer, 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, Olof, wooer, 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:pg640:49:35 # text = ‘I think,’ said Olof, ‘that your wooer will come up through the floor of the castle to you, and so you must be prepared when you hear the noise of his coming and the floor begins to open, and have at hand blazing pitch, and pour plenty of it into the opening. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Olof Olof PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 wooer wooer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 up up ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 through through ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 31 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 blazing blaze VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 acl _ _ 51 pitch pitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 55 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nmod _ _ 58 into into ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Olof | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come up** | future | your wooer | | you | the floor of the castle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through floor=Initial\_Location to you=Destination | | 4 | **prepare** | must · passive | | you | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **hear** | present | you | the noise | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | gerund | wooer | the noise *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location noise=Theme | | 7 | **begin** | present | the floor | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **open** | to-infinitive | the floor *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **have** | present | | | | hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **blaze** | gerund | hand *not said here* | pitch | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pitch=Theme | | 11 | **pour** | infinitive | | plenty of floor | | the opening | | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent plenty=Theme into opening=Destination | 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/pg640/49/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/36/) - ↑ back to [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/)