--- title: The old emperor, who had got back long since, came to the door to me… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old emperor, who had got back long since, came to the door to meet her, and touching her shining armour, he said, ‘Did I not tell you, my child, that flies do not make honey?’ Who acts: old emperor, emperor, I, flies. 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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 (old emperor, emperor, I, flies), 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:pg641:38:53 # text = The old emperor, who had got back long since, came to the door to meet her, and touching her shining armour, he said, ‘Did I not tell you, my child, that flies do not make honey?’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 10 since since ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 41 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 44 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get back** | past · perfect | the old emperor | | | | | since *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **come** | past | the old emperor | | | the door | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | the old emperor *not said here* | girl | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 4 | **touch** | gerund | the old emperor *not said here* | girl | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme | | 5 | **shine** | gerund | the old emperor *not said here* | armour | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent armour=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | emperor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | present | I | my child | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 9 | **not** **make** | present · do-support | that flies | honey | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Product | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/54/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/)