--- title: ‘Yes, but that is not enough,’ said the ox; ‘even supposing you get… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Yes, but that is not enough,’ said the ox; ‘even supposing you get safely by, the treasure you have brought with you will crumble into dust if you do not give in exchange a baptised soul. Who acts: that, 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 (that, 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:pg3454:25:79 # text = ‘Yes, but that is not enough,’ said the ox; ‘even supposing you get safely by, the treasure you have brought with you will crumble into dust if you do not give in exchange a baptised soul. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 supposing suppose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 20 safely safely ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 28 with with SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 crumble crumble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 baptised baptise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 amod _ _ 43 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | that | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the ox | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ox=Topic | | 3 | **suppose** | gerund | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **get** | present | you | | | | | safely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **bring** | present · perfect · passive | | the treasure | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **crumble** | future | you | | | | | into dust *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into dust=Result | | 7 | **not** **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | you | a baptised soul | | exchange | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme | | 8 | **baptise** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/80/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/)