--- title: “Now,” he said, “I will throw you into the sea, and you must shout f… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Now,” he said, “I will throw you into the sea, and you must shout for help; and when you see the sailors coming untie the rope from your waist, and tell them that you have swum after the ship all the way from shore.” Who acts: Tiidu, you, sailors. 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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 (Tiidu, you, sailors), 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:pg2435:11:23 # text = “Now,” he said, “I will throw you into the sea, and you must shout for help; and when you see the sailors coming untie the rope from your waist, and tell them that you have swum after the ship all the way from shore.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 shout shout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 30 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 31 untie untie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 swum swim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 45 after after ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tiidu | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **throw** *in a quote* | future | Tiidu | you | | | | into the sea *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer you=Theme into sea=Result | | 3 | **shout** *speech: express* *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | the sailors *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **untie** *in a quote* | present | the sailors | the rope | | | | from your waist | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent rope=Patient from waist=Co-Patient | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | friends *= friend* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 8 | **swim** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | all way from shore | | | after the ship | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/24/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/)