--- title: ‘Most gracious Lord and master,’ replied the Vizier, ‘near the great… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Most gracious Lord and master,’ replied the Vizier, ‘near the great Mosque lives a man called Selim the learned, who knows every language under the sun. Send for him; it may be that he will be able to interpret these mysterious characters.’ Who acts: Most gracious Lord, man, sun., it. 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Send for him; it may be that he will be able to interpret these mysterious characters.’ **Who acts:** Most gracious Lord, man, sun., it · **What happens:** reply, live, call, learn, know, send · **To what, where:** Vizier, man, great Mosque, language, mysterious characters · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Caliph Stork. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Most gracious Lord, man, sun., it), 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:pg7277:7:20 # text = ‘Most gracious Lord and master,’ replied the Vizier, ‘near the great Mosque lives a man called Selim the learned, who knows every language under the sun. Send for him; it may be that he will be able to interpret these mysterious characters.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 3 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Vizier Vizier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 near near ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Mosque Mosque PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 18 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 Selim Selim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 xcomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 28 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 29 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 under under ADP IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 sun. sun. NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 Send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 38 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 interpret interpret VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 48 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Most gracious Lord and master | the Vizier | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent vizier=Topic | | 2 | **live** | present | Most gracious Lord and master *not said here* | a man | | the great Mosque | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme man=Location | | 3 | **call** | participle | | a man *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **learn** | participle | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **know** | present | a man | every language | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer language=Stimulus | | 6 | **send** | infinitive | the sun. | | | | | for Vizier | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | may · future | it | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **interpret** | to-infinitive | | this mysterious characters | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent character=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/21/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Caliph Stork](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/)