--- title: “I should not be surprised if the tasks I set you were too difficult… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I should not be surprised if the tasks I set you were too difficult, and that you were tired of them,” said the herdsman next morning; “but to-day I have something quite easy for you to do. Who acts: herdsman, tasks, you. 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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 (herdsman, tasks, you), 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:pg2435:26:112 # text = “I should not be surprised if the tasks I set you were too difficult, and that you were tired of them,” said the herdsman next morning; “but to-day I have something quite easy for you to do. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tasks task NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 too too ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 advcl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 herdsman herdsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 38 obj _ _ 40 quite quite ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 do do VERB VB Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | should | the herdsman *= herdsman* | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **set** *in a quote* | past | the herdsman *= herdsman* | you | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient you=Result | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | the tasks | | | | | difficult *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | of tasks *= task*; tired *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the herdsman | | | | morning | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/113/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/)