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title: “You see,” said the fairy, “that the tent is larger than your father… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics
description: “You see,” said the fairy, “that the tent is larger than your father may have occasion for; but you must also be informed that it becomes larger or smaller, according to the extent of the army it is to cover, without applying any hands to it.” Who acts: You, fairy, tent, father. A sentence of «The J
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# The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 36

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“You see,” said the fairy, “that the tent is larger than your father may have occasion for; but you must also be informed that it becomes larger or smaller, according to the extent of the army it is to cover, without applying any hands to it.”

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**Who acts:** You, fairy, tent, father, occasion · **What happens:** see, say, be, have, inform, become · **To what, where:** occasion, you, hands, army · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, fairy, tent, father), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg65965:14:36
# text = “You see,” said the fairy, “that the tent is larger than your father may have occasion for; but you must also be informed that it becomes larger or smaller, according to the extent of the army it is to cover, without applying any hands to it.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	parataxis	_	_
16	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
17	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	csubj	_	_
21	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
24	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
25	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
26	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
27	also	also	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
28	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	advcl	_	_
33	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	32	xcomp	_	_
34	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
37	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	40	case	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	fixed	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
44	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
45	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	cop	_	_
46	to	to	PART	TO	_	47	mark	_	_
47	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
50	applying	apply	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	47	advcl	_	_
51	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	52	det	_	_
52	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	obj	_	_
53	to	to	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fairy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the tent |  |  |  |  | large *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** *in a quote* | may | your father | occasion |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Patient |
| 5 | **inform** *speech: other* *in a quote* | must · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 6 | **become** *in a quote* | present | occasion |  |  |  |  | large *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **accord** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | occasion |  |  |  |  | accord the extent of the army; cover *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **apply** *in a quote* | gerund | occasion *not said here* | any hands | army |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 10 | **extend** *in a quote* |  |  | the army |  |  |  |  | nom extent «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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