--- title: And besides the horse, the magician gave him a zither, a fiddle, and… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And besides the horse, the magician gave him a zither, a fiddle, and a flute, saying: “If you are in danger, touch the zither; and if no one comes to your aid, then play on the fiddle; but if that brings no help, blow on the flute.” Who acts: magician, you, one, that. 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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 (magician, you, one, that), 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:pg2435:14:8 # text = And besides the horse, the magician gave him a zither, a fiddle, and a flute, saying: “If you are in danger, touch the zither; and if no one comes to your aid, then play on the fiddle; but if that brings no help, blow on the flute.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 besides beside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 zither zither NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fiddle fiddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 If if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 touch touch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 zither zither NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 43 play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fiddle fiddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 49 if if SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 nsubj _ _ 51 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 advcl _ _ 52 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 53 det _ _ 53 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 55 blow blow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beside** | present | | the horse | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | the magician | a zither and a fiddle and a flute | horse | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient zither=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the magician *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | danger | | | tree rules | | 5 | **touch** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the zither | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme zither=Co-Theme | | 6 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | no one | | | your aid | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to aid=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **play** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | the fiddle | then | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **bring** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | that | no help | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent help=Theme | | 9 | **blow** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | the flute | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/9/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/)