--- title: “Oh, leave it to me, and do as I tell you, and you will see that in… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, leave it to me, and do as I tell you, and you will see that in the end it will bring you luck,” answered the fox; and plucking the pears he took them up to the king. Who acts: fox, you, basket, pears. 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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 (fox, you, basket, pears), 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:pg2435:25:95 # text = “Oh, leave it to me, and do as I tell you, and you will see that in the end it will bring you luck,” answered the fox; and plucking the pears he took them up to the king. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 31 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 plucking pluck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 pears pear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | | basket | the fox *= fox* | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to i=Recipient | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the fox *= fox* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | basket | luck | you | | in the end | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination luck=Theme | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pluck** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **take up** | past | the pears | feelings *= feeling* | the king | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to king=Destination | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/96/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/)