--- title: But you, my horse, if you love me, must be swifter than them all, fo… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But you, my horse, if you love me, must be swifter than them all, for there is a part of my heart that suffers--the best part of my heart that is in danger.’ Who acts: you, part, heart. 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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 (you, part, heart), 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:pg3454:34:59 # text = But you, my horse, if you love me, must be swifter than them all, for there is a part of my heart that suffers--the best part of my heart that is in danger.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 12 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 swifter swift ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 15 than than ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 21 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 suffers suffer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 amod _ _ 32 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | me | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | must | you | | | | | than swift; swift *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **does** | present | a part of my heart and the best part of my heart | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **suffer** | present | my heart | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | present | my heart | | | danger | | | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/60/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/)