--- title: “Lay a finger on him, and I shall be dead before sunset,” said she;… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Lay a finger on him, and I shall be dead before sunset,” said she; and as they saw that she meant it, they left the palace, and carried the tale to her father. Who acts: princess, youth. 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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 (princess, youth), 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:pg3282:25:52 # text = “Lay a finger on him, and I shall be dead before sunset,” said she; and as they saw that she meant it, they left the palace, and carried the tale to her father. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 13 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a finger | | | | on king | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent finger=Theme on he=Destination | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | princess | | | | sunset | dead *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | past | youth | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **mean** | past | princess | finger | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 6 | **leave** | past | youth | the palace | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 7 | **carry** | past | youth *not said here* | the tale | princess's father | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tale=Theme to father=Destination | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/53/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/)