--- title: “I did not think that you could have lived so long without food,” sa… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I did not think that you could have lived so long without food,” said he, “and as you have had plenty of time to repent your wicked conduct, I will grant you pardon, on condition that you help me in a sore strait. Who acts: I, you, prisoner, condition. 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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 (I, you, prisoner, condition), 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:pg2435:7:91 # text = “I did not think that you could have lived so long without food,” said he, “and as you have had plenty of time to repent your wicked conduct, I will grant you pardon, on condition that you help me in a sore strait. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux _ _ 10 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 13 without without ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 26 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 repent repent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 parataxis _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 strait strait NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past · do-support | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **live** *in a quote* | could · perfect | you | | | | | without food; long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prisoner | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | plenty of time | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient | | 5 | **repent** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | your wicked conduct | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **grant** *in a quote* | future | prisoner | pardon | you | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal pardon=Theme | | 7 | **help** *in a quote* | present | condition | | prisoner | a sore strait | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 8 | **conduct** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/92/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/)