--- title: ‘Nothing could be easier,’ said the young squire; and he very soon m… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Nothing could be easier,’ said the young squire; and he very soon made friends with one of the ladies, who told him that in the evening Fiordelisa would be at a little window which looked into the garden, where he could come and talk to her. Who acts: Nothing, squire, friends, Fiordelisa. 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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 (Nothing, squire, friends, Fiordelisa), 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:pg7277:2:74 # text = ‘Nothing could be easier,’ said the young squire; and he very soon made friends with one of the ladies, who told him that in the evening Fiordelisa would be at a little window which looked into the garden, where he could come and talk to her. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 squire squire NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 17 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 ccomp _ _ 18 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 xcomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 32 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 acl:relcl _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 48 advmod _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | could | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Nothing | the young squire | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | participle | squire | friends with one of the ladies | | | | soon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | friends with one of the ladies | | squire | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | would | Fiordelisa | the evening *not said here* | | a little window | | | tree rules | | 6 | **look** | past | a little window | | | | | into the garden | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into garden=Theme | | 7 | **come** | could | squire | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **talk** | infinitive | squire *not said here* | | Fiordelisa | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/75/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)