--- title: As for me, since I have possessed your portrait I have wandered over… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As for me, since I have possessed your portrait I have wandered over the whole world to find you, and, now we have met, I see that you are ten times lovelier than I could have imagined, and I would give all I own to win your love.’ Who acts: I, we, you, your. 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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 (I, we, you, your), 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:pg7277:12:167 # text = As for me, since I have possessed your portrait I have wandered over the whole world to find you, and, now we have met, I see that you are ten times lovelier than I could have imagined, and I would give all I own to win your love.’ 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 3 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 since since SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 wandered wander VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 14 over over ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 lovelier lovely ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 obl _ _ 37 than than SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux _ _ 41 imagined imagine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 47 all all ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 own own VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present · perfect | I | your portrait | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot portrait=Theme | | 2 | **wander** | present · perfect | I | | | the whole world | | as me | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over world=Trajectory | | 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic | | 4 | **meet** | present · perfect | we | | | | now | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | present | you | | | | time | lovely *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **imagine** | could · perfect | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **give** | would | I | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **own** | present | I | | | | | all *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **win** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | your love | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Eventuality | | 11 | **portray** | | your | | | | | | nom portrait «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **love** | | your | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/166/) - next →: [sentence 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/168/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)