--- title: Lead the way, but I warn you that if you try to escape or play any t… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Lead the way, but I warn you that if you try to escape or play any tricks you are reckoning without your host-- that is to say, without my legs, which are as long as yours!' Who acts: you, I, that, legs. 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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, I, that, legs), 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:pg3027:6:100 # text = Lead the way, but I warn you that if you try to escape or play any tricks you are reckoning without your host-- that is to say, without my legs, which are as long as yours!' 1 Lead lead VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 warn warn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 try try VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 17 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 reckoning reckon VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 without without ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj:outer _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 without without ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | imperative | you *not said here* | the way | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | I | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 3 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **escape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* | any tricks | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme | | 6 | **reckon** | present · progressive | you | any tricks *not said here* | | | | without your host | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent trick=Attribute | | 7 | **is** | present | that | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | my legs | | | | | as yours; long *property* | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/101/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/)