--- title: I too feel sure of this, for in my earliest youth a wise woman foret… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I too feel sure of this, for in my earliest youth a wise woman foretold that a stork would bring me some great happiness, and I think I could tell you how we might save ourselves.’ Who acts: I, stork, we. 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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 (I, stork, we), 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:pg7277:7:133 # text = I too feel sure of this, for in my earliest youth a wise woman foretold that a stork would bring me some great happiness, and I think I could tell you how we might save ourselves.’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 too too ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 earliest early ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 12 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 16 foretold foretell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | I | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **foretell** | participle | | a wise woman *not said here* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bring** | would | a stork | some great happiness | me | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination happiness=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **save** | might | we | ourselves | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ourselves=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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/134/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Caliph Stork](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/)