--- title: ‘Suppose that pack-saddle were to fall and kill me, how dreadful it… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Suppose that pack-saddle were to fall and kill me, how dreadful it would be!’ and she sat down just under the pack-saddle she was so much afraid of, and began to cry. Who acts: you, pack saddle, saddle, woman. 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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, pack saddle, saddle, woman), 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:pg3454:36:23 # text = ‘Suppose that pack-saddle were to fall and kill me, how dreadful it would be!’ and she sat down just under the pack-saddle she was so much afraid of, and began to cry. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Suppose suppose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 4 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 15 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 down down ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 just just ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 26 under under ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppose** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **fall** | past | that pack saddle | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **kill** | infinitive | that pack saddle *not said here* | me | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **be** | would | saddle | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sit down** | past | woman | | | the pack saddle | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under saddle=Location | | 6 | **is** | past | woman | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **begin** | past | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/24/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/)