--- title: So the servant brought out the three cloaks, and when the judges saw… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the servant brought out the three cloaks, and when the judges saw the grey one, which the Princess was in the habit of wearing, they said: ‘Let it be embroidered with gold and silver; it shall be your wedding mantle.’ Who acts: servant, judges, grey one, habit. 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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 (servant, judges, grey one, habit), 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:pg7277:47:51 # text = So the servant brought out the three cloaks, and when the judges saw the grey one, which the Princess was in the habit of wearing, they said: ‘Let it be embroidered with gold and silver; it shall be your wedding mantle.’ 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 cloaks cloak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 judges judge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 26 of of SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 wearing wear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 xcomp _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring out** | past | the servant | the three cloaks | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cloak=Patient | | 2 | **see** | past | the judges | the grey one | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | the grey one | | | the habit | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wear** | gerund | the habit *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | judges *= judge* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | cloak | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **embroider** | infinitive · passive | cloak *not said here* | | | | | with gold and silver | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: with gold=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | shall | cloak | your wedding mantle | | | | | tree rules | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/47/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/47/52/) - ↑ back to [The Riddle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/47/)