--- title: Look, if there is only one, I shall take him so with both my hands a… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Look, if there is only one, I shall take him so with both my hands and thrown him living on to his back, and he can kick as much as he likes, I shall hold him fast.’ Who acts: you, one, I, two. 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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, one, I, two), 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:pg3454:8:10 # text = Look, if there is only one, I shall take him so with both my hands and thrown him living on to his back, and he can kick as much as he likes, I shall hold him fast.’ 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 both both DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 kick kick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obj _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | one | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **take** | shall | I | | two | | | with my hands | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 4 | **throw** | participle | I *not said here* | two | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **live** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | two's back | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Location | | 6 | **kick** | can | two | much | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent much=Patient | | 7 | **like** | present | two | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **hold** | shall | I | two | | | | fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/11/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/)