--- title: "But if it be I, as I do hope it be, I've a little dog at home, and… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "But if it be I, as I do hope it be, I've a little dog at home, and he'll know me; If it be I, he'll wag his little tail, And if it be not I, he'll loudly bark and wail." Who acts: name, woman, dog. 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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 (name, woman, dog), 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:pg14241:20:84 # text = "But if it be I, as I do hope it be, I've a little dog at home, and he'll know me; If it be I, he'll wag his little tail, And if it be not I, he'll loudly bark and wail." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 hope hope VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 've have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 If if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 wag wag VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 bark bark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 wail wail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | name | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hope** *in a quote* | present · do-support | woman | name | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | woman | a little dog | | home | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | future | dog | woman | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | name | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wag** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | woman | dog's little tail | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | | 8 | **not** **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | name | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **bark** *in a quote* | future | woman | | | | | loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **wail** *in a quote* | infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/85/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/)