--- title: And he told his vizir, ‘My date tree is bearing;’ and he told the of… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And he told his vizir, ‘My date tree is bearing;’ and he told the officers, ‘My date tree is bearing;’ and he told the judges, ‘My date tree is bearing;’ and he told all the rich men of the town. Who acts: sultan, date tree. 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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 (sultan, date tree), 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:pg641:29:8 # text = And he told his vizir, ‘My date tree is bearing;’ and he told the officers, ‘My date tree is bearing;’ and he told the judges, ‘My date tree is bearing;’ and he told all the rich men of the town. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 judges judge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | sultan | | sultan's vizir | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent vizir=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **bear** | present · progressive | My date tree | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | sultan | | the officers | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent officer=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **bear** | present · progressive | My date tree | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | sultan | | the judges | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent judge=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **bear** | present · progressive | My date tree | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | sultan | | all rich men of the town | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/9/) - ↑ back to [The Nunda, Eater of People](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/)