--- title: Two or three days later the master said to him: ‘The Porcelain Maide… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Two or three days later the master said to him: ‘The Porcelain Maiden is here: but, though she is as lovely as the dawn, she is so wicked that she scratches everyone that approaches her. Who acts: master, Porcelain Maiden. 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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 (master, Porcelain Maiden), 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:pg7277:21:85 # text = Two or three days later the master said to him: ‘The Porcelain Maiden is here: but, though she is as lovely as the dawn, she is so wicked that she scratches everyone that approaches her. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Porcelain Porcelain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 though though SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 advcl _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 scratches scratch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 37 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 36 obj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 approaches approach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the master | | man | | | late *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | the Porcelain Maiden | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | master | | | | dawn | lovely *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | master | | | | | wicked *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **scratch** | present | master | everyone | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme | | 6 | **approach** | present | | master | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/21/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/21/86/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Blackbird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/21/)