--- title: ‘Yes,’ observed the fish, ‘but there is one condition attached to my… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Yes,’ observed the fish, ‘but there is one condition attached to my offer, and that is that you are not to reveal to a soul where your good fortune comes from. Who acts: one condition, that, good fortune, my. 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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 (one condition, that, good fortune, my), 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:pg7277:49:8 # text = ‘Yes,’ observed the fish, ‘but there is one condition attached to my offer, and that is that you are not to reveal to a soul where your good fortune comes from. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 15 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 reveal reveal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | past | | the fish | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fish=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | one condition | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **attach** | participle | | one condition *not said here* | | | | to my offer | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to offer=Co-Patient | | 4 | **not** **is** | present | that | | | | | to a soul; reveal *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | present | your good fortune | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **offer** | | my | | | | | | nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/9/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Lads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/)