--- title: Then Masilo implored her to give the child back to him; but she woul… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Masilo implored her to give the child back to him; but she would not listen, and only answered: “If I were to give her back you would only obey the laws of your country and take her to your father, the ogre, and she would be eaten.” Who acts: Masilo, Thakane, I, you. 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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 (Masilo, Thakane, I, you), 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:pg3282:16:46 # text = Then Masilo implored her to give the child back to him; but she would not listen, and only answered: “If I were to give her back you would only obey the laws of your country and take her to your father, the ogre, and she would be eaten.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Masilo Masilo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 iobj _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 If if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 back back ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **implore** | past | Masilo | Thakane | | | then | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | Masilo *not said here* | | the child | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 3 | **not** **listen** | would | Thakane | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give back** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | I | | Thakane | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **obey** *in a quote* | would | you | the laws of your country | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | Thakane | your father | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to father=Destination | | 8 | **eat** *in a quote* | would · passive | | Thakane | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/47/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/)