--- title: And when I'm killed, the dragon will go away for a bit, then you mus… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when I'm killed, the dragon will go away for a bit, then you must come down the tree and skin me, and take out my bladder and blow it out, and it will kill everything you hit with it. Who acts: dragon, you, tree. 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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 (dragon, you, tree), 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:pg14241:30:87 # text = And when I'm killed, the dragon will go away for a bit, then you must come down the tree and skin me, and take out my bladder and blow it out, and it will kill everything you hit with it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 away away ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 20 down down ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 bladder bladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 blow blow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 41 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 40 obj _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 hit hit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | present · passive | | I | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **go away** | future | the dragon | | | | | for a bit; away *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for bit=Beneficiary | | 3 | **come down** | must | you | the tree and skin me | | | then | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme | | 4 | **take out** | infinitive | | my bladder | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bladder=Theme | | 5 | **blow out** | infinitive | | tree | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **kill** | future | tree | everything | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | | 7 | **hit** | present | you | | | | | with tree | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with it=Instrument | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/88/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/)