--- title: ‘If he is clever, I don’t mind trying,’ answered the Black Gallows B… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If he is clever, I don’t mind trying,’ answered the Black Gallows Bird; ‘and, of course, if ANY one can turn him into a first-rate thief, it is I. But if he is stupid, it is of no use at all; I can’t bear stupid people.’ Who acts: son, I, one, thief. 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But if he is stupid, it is of no use at all; I can’t bear stupid people.’ **Who acts:** son, I, one, thief · **What happens:** be, not mind, try, answer, turn, not bear · **To what, where:** Gallows Bird, son, rate thief, I., all, stupid people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, I, one, thief), 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:pg3454:1:99 # text = ‘If he is clever, I don’t mind trying,’ answered the Black Gallows Bird; ‘and, of course, if ANY one can turn him into a first-rate thief, it is I. But if he is stupid, it is of no use at all; I can’t bear stupid people.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 11 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 14 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 Black Black ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Gallows Gallows PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 18 compound _ _ 18 Bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 30 advmod _ _ 24 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 ANY any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 I. I. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ _ 42 But but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 52 det _ _ 52 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 58 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 59 advmod _ _ 59 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 60 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | son | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **mind** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **try** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | the Gallows Bird | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **turn** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | any one | son | | a rate thief | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme into thief=Trajectory | | 6 | **is a** | present | thief | I. but no use | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | son | | | | | stupid *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | thief | | | all | | of no use | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **bear** | can | I | stupid people | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/100/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/)