--- title: This was exactly what he had not been able to decide for himself; ho… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This was exactly what he had not been able to decide for himself; however, he replied that he should advise her to gain a little time by promising her answer after the grand entry of the Ambassador, and this was accordingly done. Who acts: This, Mousta, advice. 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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 (This, Mousta, advice), 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:pg7277:16:53 # text = This was exactly what he had not been able to decide for himself; however, he replied that he should advise her to gain a little time by promising her answer after the grand entry of the Ambassador, and this was accordingly done. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 9 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 however however ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 advise advise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 by by SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 after after ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 entry entry NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Ambassador Ambassador PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 44 accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | This | | | | | exactly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | Mousta | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** | participle | Mousta *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **decide** | to-infinitive | Mousta *not said here* | | | | | for Mousta | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Mousta | | | | | however *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **advise** *speech: other* | should | Mousta | advice | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **gain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | advice *not said here* | | | | time | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | advice *not said here* | advice's answer | | | after the grand entry of the Ambassador | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent answer=Theme | | 9 | **do** | past · passive | | this | | | | accordingly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 10 | **answer** | | advice | | | | | | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **enter** | | | the Ambassador | | | | | nom entry «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/54/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)