--- title: If he favours you, he will take you to Waq of Qaf; if not, you will… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If he favours you, he will take you to Waq of Qaf; if not, you will never get there, for seven seas are on the way, and they are such seas that if all the kings of the earth, and all their wazirs, and all their wise men considered for a thousand years, they would not be able to cross them.” Who acts --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/98/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/) / 98 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 3, sentence 98 If he favours you, he will take you to Waq of Qaf; if not, you will never get there, for seven seas are on the way, and they are such seas that if all the kings of the earth, and all their wazirs, and all their wise men considered for a thousand years, they would not be able to cross them.” **Who acts:** man, you, seven seas, seas, that · **What happens:** favour, take, not get, be, king, consider · **To what, where:** you, Waq, such seas, wise men, seas This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, you, seven seas, seas), 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:pg3282:3:98 # text = If he favours you, he will take you to Waq of Qaf; if not, you will never get there, for seven seas are on the way, and they are such seas that if all the kings of the earth, and all their wazirs, and all their wise men considered for a thousand years, they would not be able to cross them.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 favours favour VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Waq Waq PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Qaf Qaf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 25 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 parataxis _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 parataxis _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 wazirs wazir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 55 det:predet _ _ 53 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 appos _ _ 56 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 acl _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 60 nummod _ _ 60 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 62 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 63 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 64 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 66 advmod _ _ 65 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 66 cop _ _ 66 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 conj _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 xcomp _ _ 69 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **favour** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | man | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | future | man | you | Waq of Qaf | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to waq=Destination | | 3 | **not** **get** | future | you | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present | seven seas | | | | | for the way | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | seas *= sea* | such seas | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **king** *a condition, not said to happen* | | that | | | | | of the earth | tree rules | | 7 | **consider** | participle | | seas's wise men *not said here* | | | year | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **is** | would | seas *= sea* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **cross** | to-infinitive | seas *= sea* *not said here* | seas *= sea* | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/99/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/)