--- title: Upon the lowest step of the throne was inscribed in icy letters, ‘Wh… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Upon the lowest step of the throne was inscribed in icy letters, ‘Whosoever thou art who by courage and virtue canst win the heart of Sabella enjoy peacefully the good fortune which thou hast richly deserved.’ Who acts: heart. 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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 (heart), 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:pg7277:17:37 # text = Upon the lowest step of the throne was inscribed in icy letters, ‘Whosoever thou art who by courage and virtue canst win the heart of Sabella enjoy peacefully the good fortune which thou hast richly deserved.’ 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 lowest low ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 inscribed inscribe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 icy icy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 17 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 23 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Sabella Sabella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 enjoy enjoy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 30 peacefully peacefully ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 richly richly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 deserved deserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inscribe** | past · passive | | | | icy letters | | upon the lowest step of the throne | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: upon step=Destination | | 2 | **win** | can | | | | | | by courage and virtue | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **enjoy** | present | the heart of Sabella | the good fortune | | | | peacefully *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fortune=Stimulus | | 4 | **deserve** | present · perfect · passive | | the good fortune | | | | richly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **step** | | | the throne | | | | | nom step «act 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/38/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)