--- title: The Editor takes this opportunity to repeat what he has often said b… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Editor takes this opportunity to repeat what he has often said before, that he is not the author of the stories in the Fairy Books; that he did not invent them ‘out of his own head.’ Who acts: Editor. 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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 (Editor), 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:pg641:1:5 # text = The Editor takes this opportunity to repeat what he has often said before, that he is not the author of the stories in the Fairy Books; that he did not invent them ‘out of his own head.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Editor editor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 repeat repeat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 often often ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 before before ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 Books Book PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 invent invent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 out out ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | the Editor | this opportunity | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme | | 2 | **repeat** | to-infinitive | the Editor *not said here* | this opportunity | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | Editor | | | | | before, often *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is a** | present | Editor | the author | | | | of the stories in the Fairy Books | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **invent** | past · do-support | Editor | stories *= story* | | Editor's own head | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Result | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/1/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/1/6/) - ↑ back to [The Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/1/)