--- title: ‘Good greeting to you, young men!’ said she, ‘we have waited long fo… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Good greeting to you, young men!’ said she, ‘we have waited long for you, your uncle and I. The girls have become women, and are sought, in marriage by many, but I knew you would come one day, and I have kept them for you. Who acts: Good greeting, woman, uncle, I. 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The girls have become women, and are sought, in marriage by many, but I knew you would come one day, and I have kept them for you. **Who acts:** Good greeting, woman, uncle, I, you · **What happens:** say, wait, become, seek, know, come · **To what, where:** women, marriage, girls · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Halfman. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Good greeting, woman, uncle, I), 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:pg641:41:16 # text = ‘Good greeting to you, young men!’ said she, ‘we have waited long for you, your uncle and I. The girls have become women, and are sought, in marriage by many, but I knew you would come one day, and I have kept them for you. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 greeting greeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 waited wait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 18 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 I. I. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 30 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Good greeting to you and young men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wait** | present · perfect | woman | | | | | for you; long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **become** | present · perfect | your uncle and I. | women | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **seek** | present · passive | | | | marriage | | by many | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: in marriage=Location | | 5 | **know** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | would | you | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **keep** | present · perfect | I | girls *= girl* | | | | for you | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/41/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/41/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Halfman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/41/)