--- title: Then a negro will appear, and you must say to him: ‘The head, your m… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then a negro will appear, and you must say to him: ‘The head, your master, desires you to open the trunk, and to give me the green purse which you will find in it.’” Who acts: negro, you, head. 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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 (negro, you, head), 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:pg3282:21:153 # text = Then a negro will appear, and you must say to him: ‘The head, your master, desires you to open the trunk, and to give me the green purse which you will find in it.’” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 negro negro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 21 desires desire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | future | a negro | | | | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | must | you | | negro | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **desire** | present | the head and your master | you | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | | 4 | **open** | to-infinitive | the head and your master *not said here* | the trunk | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location trunk=Theme | | 5 | **give** | to-infinitive | | the green purse | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient purse=Theme | | 6 | **find** | future | you | the green purse | | purse | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | 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 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/21/152/) - next →: [The Brown Fairy Book, part 22, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/1/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/21/)