--- title: However, perhaps you won’t believe that, and will just think I have… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, perhaps you won’t believe that, and will just think I have invented it because I am afraid, so let us go on to your country as fast as we can, and when we arrive you can look for my heart, and if you find it you can kill me.’ Who acts: you, I, us, we. 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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, I, us, we), 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:pg3454:5:67 # text = However, perhaps you won’t believe that, and will just think I have invented it because I am afraid, so let us go on to your country as fast as we can, and when we arrive you can look for my heart, and if you find it you can kill me.’ 1 However however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 think think VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 invented invent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 because because SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 on on ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 arrive arrive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 49 if if SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 advcl _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 56 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **believe** | future | you | | | | | however, perhaps *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | future | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **invent** | present · perfect | I | course | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result | | 4 | **is** | present | I | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go on** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | to your country; fast *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **arrive** | present | we | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **look** | can | you | | | | | for my heart | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for heart=Theme | | 9 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | course | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 10 | **kill** | can | you | me | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/68/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/)