--- title: Directly I bring her out you must both catch hold of her tight, and… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Directly I bring her out you must both catch hold of her tight, and get away as fast as you can; while I return to the castle and talk to the giants—for there are many of them—so that they may not notice the escape of the princess.” Who acts: I, you, grains, princess. 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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, grains, princess), 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:pg3282:23:47 # text = Directly I bring her out you must both catch hold of her tight, and get away as fast as you can; while I return to the castle and talk to the giants—for there are many of them—so that they may not notice the escape of the princess.” 1 Directly directly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 both both ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 while while SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 — - PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 38 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 39 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 — - PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 48 mark _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 fixed _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring out** | present | I | princess | | | | directly *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 2 | **catch** | must | you | hold of princess's tight | | | | both *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 3 | **get away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | away, fast *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **return** | present | I | | | | | to the castle *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to castle=Result | | 5 | **talk** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | to the giants | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to giant=Co-Agent | | 6 | **be** | present | you *not said here* | many of grains | | there | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot many=Theme | | 7 | **not** **notice** | may | grains *= grain* | the escape of the princess | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer escape=Stimulus | | 8 | **escape** | | the princess | | | | | | nom escape «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/48/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/)