--- title: ‘Ah, I remember now,’ replied the donkey, ‘but the stones return so… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Ah, I remember now,’ replied the donkey, ‘but the stones return so quickly to their places, that you certainly would be crushed to death unless you have in your hands a bunch of crowsfoot and of five-leaved trefoil.’ Who acts: I, stones, you. 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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, stones, you), 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:pg3454:25:78 # text = ‘Ah, I remember now,’ replied the donkey, ‘but the stones return so quickly to their places, that you certainly would be crushed to death unless you have in your hands a bunch of crowsfoot and of five-leaved trefoil.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 remember remember VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 crushed crush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bunch bunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:unmarked _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 crowsfoot crowsfoot NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 leaved leaved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 trefoil trefoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | present | I | | | | now | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | the donkey | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent donkey=Topic | | 3 | **return** | present | the stones | | | | | to stones's places *result*; quickly *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result | | 4 | **crush** | would · passive | | you | | | | to death *result*; certainly *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to death=Result | | 5 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | your hands a bunch of crowsfoot and leaved trefoil | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/79/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/)