--- title: “Go home,” he said, “and see your mother and sisters; but take care… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Go home,” he said, “and see your mother and sisters; but take care if you hear the cock crow to turn towards it; if on the contrary the ass brays, you must look the other way.” Who acts: father, you, ass. 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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 (father, you, ass), 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:pg2435:36:39 # text = “Go home,” he said, “and see your mother and sisters; but take care if you hear the cock crow to turn towards it; if on the contrary the ass brays, you must look the other way.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 19 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 28 towards towards ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 contrary contrary NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 brays bray VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your mother and sisters | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mother=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 5 | **hear** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | the cock crow | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer crow=Stimulus | | 6 | **turn** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | towards crow | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards it=Trajectory | | 7 | **bray** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the ass | | | the contrary | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **look** *in a quote* | must | you | the other way | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Attribute | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/40/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/)