--- title: "Stop," says he, quick as lightning, "I'll help thee and welcome, bu… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Stop," says he, quick as lightning, "I'll help thee and welcome, but if ever thou sayest that to me--if ever thou thankest me, see'st thou, thou 'lt never see me more. Who acts: I, thou. 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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, thou), 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:pg14241:17:78 # text = "Stop," says he, quick as lightning, "I'll help thee and welcome, but if ever thou sayest that to me--if ever thou thankest me, see'st thou, thou 'lt never see me more. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 welcome welcome INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sayest say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 32 advmod _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 32 thankest thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 see'st see'st NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 conj _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 lt lt NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **help** *in a quote* | future | I | thee | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Beneficiary | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | thou | that | me | | ever | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Topic to i=Recipient | | 5 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | thou | see'st | me | | ever | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | thou | me | | | | | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/79/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/)