--- title: There he said to a young squire whom he had brought with him: ‘I wou… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There he said to a young squire whom he had brought with him: ‘I would give all I have in the world to gain the good will of one of the Princess’s waiting-women, and obtain a moment’s speech with Fiordelisa.’ Who acts: King, I, moment. 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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 (King, I, moment), 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:pg7277:2:73 # text = There he said to a young squire whom he had brought with him: ‘I would give all I have in the world to gain the good will of one of the Princess’s waiting-women, and obtain a moment’s speech with Fiordelisa.’ 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 squire squire NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 19 all all ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | there | | to a young squire | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to squire=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | a young squire | | | | with King | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 3 | **give** | would | I | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **have** | present | I | | | the world | | all *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **gain** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **obtain** | infinitive | I *not said here* | a moment's speech | | | | with Fiordelisa | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset speech=Theme | | 7 | **speak** | | a moment | | | | | with Fiordelisa | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/74/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)