--- title: When you see her do this, take a scarlet cloak, or if that be lackin… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When you see her do this, take a scarlet cloak, or if that be lacking to you, buy a few yards of scarlet cloth, and hurry back to the tree before the woodpecker returns with the spring-root in her beak. Who acts: you, that, woodpecker. 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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, that, woodpecker), 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:pg2435:16:11 # text = When you see her do this, take a scarlet cloak, or if that be lacking to you, buy a few yards of scarlet cloth, and hurry back to the tree before the woodpecker returns with the spring-root in her beak. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 scarlet scarlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 lacking lack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 buy buy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 scarlet scarlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 hurry hurry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 before before SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 woodpecker woodpecker NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 returns return VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | you | bird | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | a scarlet cloak | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme | | 3 | **lack** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · progressive | that | | you | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **buy** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a few yards of scarlet cloth | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yard=Theme | | 5 | **hurry back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the tree | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to tree=Destination | | 6 | **return** | present | the woodpecker | | | | | with the spring root in bird's beak | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/12/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/)