--- title: ‘Well, you see, your majesty,’ replied Moti, ‘there are so many chan… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well, you see, your majesty,’ replied Moti, ‘there are so many chances that I may fall off, and if I choose one of your fine big horses I shall have so far to fall that I shall probably break my leg or my arm, if not my neck, but if I fall off this little beast I can’t hurt myself much.’ Who acts: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/6/) [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 Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/) / 6 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16, sentence 6 ‘Well, you see, your majesty,’ replied Moti, ‘there are so many chances that I may fall off, and if I choose one of your fine big horses I shall have so far to fall that I shall probably break my leg or my arm, if not my neck, but if I fall off this little beast I can’t hurt myself much.’ **Who acts:** you, Moti, many chances, I, fine big horses · **What happens:** see, reply, be, fall off, choose, have · **To what, where:** majesty, one, fine big horses, leg, little beast, myself · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Moti, many chances, 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:pg3454:16:6 # text = ‘Well, you see, your majesty,’ replied Moti, ‘there are so many chances that I may fall off, and if I choose one of your fine big horses I shall have so far to fall that I shall probably break my leg or my arm, if not my neck, but if I fall off this little beast I can’t hurt myself much.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 chances chance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 off off ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 33 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 probably probably ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 if if SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 56 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 60 if if SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 advcl _ _ 63 off off ADP RP _ 62 compound:prt _ _ 64 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 66 det _ _ 65 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl:unmarked _ _ 67 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 68 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 69 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 70 advmod _ _ 70 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 71 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 70 obj _ _ 72 much much ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | you | your majesty | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer majesty=Stimulus | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Moti | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **does** | present | many chances | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fall off** | may | many chances | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **choose** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | one of your fine big horses | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 6 | **have** | shall | I | your fine big horses *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fall** | to-infinitive | your fine big horses *not said here* | | | | | far *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **break** | shall | I | my leg or my arm | | | | my neck *obl*; probably *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient | | 9 | **fall off** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | this little beast | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 10 | **not** **hurt** | can | I | myself | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer myself=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/7/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/)