--- title: 'Plainly I see that you have not done as I bid you, nor will you eve… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Plainly I see that you have not done as I bid you, nor will you ever do it,' spoke Gille Mairtean the fox; 'but I will help you yet again. for a third time I will change myself into a ship, and we will sail to France.' Who acts: I, you, 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 (I, you, 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:pg3027:7:107 # text = 'Plainly I see that you have not done as I bid you, nor will you ever do it,' spoke Gille Mairtean the fox; 'but I will help you yet again. for a third time I will change myself into a ship, and we will sail to France.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Plainly plainly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 bid bid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 19 cc _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 19 advmod _ _ 19 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 23 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 Gille Gille PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 Mairtean Mairtean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 flat _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 yet yet ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 sail sail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | I | | | | time | plainly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **do** | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bid** | past | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | future | you | shore | | | ever | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | | Gille | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **help** | future | I | | you | | again | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 7 | **change** | future | I | myself | | | | into a ship *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent myself=Patient into ship=Result | | 8 | **sail** | future | we | | | France | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to france=Trajectory | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/7/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/7/108/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/7/)