--- title: And now, ladies, I have only to say that, if ever I can do anything… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And now, ladies, I have only to say that, if ever I can do anything to help you, go to the top of that high mountain and knock three times at the iron door at the north side, and I will come to you.” Who acts: I. 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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), 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:pg3282:29:49 # text = And now, ladies, I have only to say that, if ever I can do anything to help you, go to the top of that high mountain and knock three times at the iron door at the north side, and I will come to you.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 17 advmod _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 18 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 29 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 knock knock VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 north north ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | that | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | can | I | anything | | | ever | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality | | 4 | **help** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | | | | the top of that high mountain | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to top=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **knock** | infinitive | | | | | time | at the north side; at the iron door | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient | | 7 | **come** | future | I | | you | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/50/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/)