--- title: “I must be off now,” remarked the lion, shaking the boy as he spoke;… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I must be off now,” remarked the lion, shaking the boy as he spoke; “but cut off the tip of my ear, and keep it carefully, and if you are in any danger just wish yourself a lion and you will become one on the spot. Who acts: lion, 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 (lion, 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:pg3282:17:116 # text = “I must be off now,” remarked the lion, shaking the boy as he spoke; “but cut off the tip of my ear, and keep it carefully, and if you are in any danger just wish yourself a lion and you will become one on the spot. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 off off ADV RB _ 9 parataxis _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 remarked remark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 23 off off ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 tip tip NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 advcl _ _ 42 just just ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 wish wish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 44 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 iobj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 51 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 xcomp _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | must | the lion *= lion* | | | | now | off *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **remark** *speech: assert* | participle | the lion | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **shake** | gerund | the lion *not said here* | the boy | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent boy=Patient | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | lion | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **cut off** *in a quote* | participle | the lion *not said here* | the tip of my ear | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector tip=Eventuality | | 6 | **keep** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | ear | | | | carefully *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | any danger | | | tree rules | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a lion | yourself | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **become** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/117/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/)