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title: I know that you have studied the art of magic,” she went on, turning… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: I know that you have studied the art of magic,” she went on, turning to the Red Knight, “so suppose you just show him how it is done, and bring shame upon him.” Who acts: I, you, joy. A sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 19, with its dependency tree and the
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# The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 19, sentence 20

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I know that you have studied the art of magic,” she went on, turning to the Red Knight, “so suppose you just show him how it is done, and bring shame upon him.”

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**Who acts:** I, you, joy · **What happens:** know, study, go on, turn, suppose, show · **To what, where:** art, man, shame · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 19. 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, joy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3282:19:20
# text = I know that you have studied the art of magic,” she went on, turning to the Red Knight, “so suppose you just show him how it is done, and bring shame upon him.”
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	studied	study	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
15	on	on	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	flat	_	_
21	Knight	Knight	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	so	so	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	suppose	suppose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
26	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	just	just	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	ccomp	_	_
29	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	iobj	_	_
30	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	33	advmod	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
37	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
38	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **study** | present · perfect | you | the art of magic |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Topic |
| 3 | **go on** *in a quote* | past | joy |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **turn** *in a quote* | gerund | joy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Red Knight *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to knight=Result |
| 5 | **suppose** | infinitive | joy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 6 | **show** | present | you |  | man |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 7 | **do** | present · passive |  | art |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 8 | **bring** | infinitive |  | shame |  |  |  | upon man | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent shame=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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