--- title: “You don’t deserve any mercy at our hands,” said his captor “but as… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “You don’t deserve any mercy at our hands,” said his captor “but as you are such a good shot you may be of great use to us, so we shall spare your life, if you will do us a service. Who acts: You, captor, we. 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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, captor, we), 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:pg2435:30:22 # text = “You don’t deserve any mercy at our hands,” said his captor “but as you are such a good shot you may be of great use to us, so we shall spare your life, if you will do us a service. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 deserve deserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 captor captor NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 21 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 24 det:predet _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 shot shot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 26 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 45 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **deserve** *in a quote* | present · do-support | You | any mercy | | our hands | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Niels's captor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | such good shot | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | may | you | such good shot *not said here* | us | | | of great use | tree rules | | 5 | **spare** *in a quote* | shall | we | your life | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset | | 6 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | a service | us | | | | tree rules | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/23/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/)