--- title: Now trim your lamp that it may not fail you, for you will be nearly… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now trim your lamp that it may not fail you, for you will be nearly blinded by the flash and glitter of the gold and precious stones on the walls and pillars of the vault; but beware how you stretch out a hand towards the jewels! Who acts: you, lamp, flash. 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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 (you, lamp, flash), 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:pg2435:15:106 # text = Now trim your lamp that it may not fail you, for you will be nearly blinded by the flash and glitter of the gold and precious stones on the walls and pillars of the vault; but beware how you stretch out a hand towards the jewels! 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 trim trim VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 blinded blind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 glitter glitter NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 vault vault NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 beware beware VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 40 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 stretch stretch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 towards towards ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trim** | imperative | you *not said here* | your lamp | | | now | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Patient | | 2 | **not** **fail** | may | lamp | you | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality | | 3 | **blind** | future · passive | the flash and glitter of the gold and precious stones on the walls and pillars of the vault | you | | | | nearly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **beware** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stretch out** | present | you | a hand | | | | towards the jewels | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient towards jewel=Recipient | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/107/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/)