--- title: ‘Well,’ replied the owl, ‘you see I should like to be free too; but… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well,’ replied the owl, ‘you see I should like to be free too; but this can only be if one of you will offer me his hand in marriage.’ Who acts: you, I, this, one. 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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 (you, I, this, one), 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:pg7277:7:142 # text = ‘Well,’ replied the owl, ‘you see I should like to be free too; but this can only be if one of you will offer me his hand in marriage.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 replied reply 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 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 18 too too ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 21 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | the owl | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent owl=Topic | | 2 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **like** | should | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | this | one | | | | of you | tree rules | | 6 | **offer** | future | one | command's hand | me | marriage | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal hand=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 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/141/) - next →: [sentence 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/143/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Caliph Stork](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/)