--- title: ‘Well, if you must, you must, I suppose,’ answered the wizard; ‘but… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well, if you must, you must, I suppose,’ answered the wizard; ‘but if you win that game, ask as a prize the ugly crop-headed girl that stands behind the door.’ Who acts: I, you, ugly headed girl. 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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 (I, you, ugly headed girl), 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:pg3454:8:116 # text = ‘Well, if you must, you must, I suppose,’ answered the wizard; ‘but if you win that game, ask as a prize the ugly crop-headed girl that stands behind the door.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 15 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 27 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 32 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 33 crop crop NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 headed head VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 behind behind ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppose** | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | the wizard | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent wizard=Eventuality | | 3 | **win** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | that game | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | as a prize | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **head** | participle | | | | | | | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **stand** | present | the ugly headed girl | | | the door | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/117/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/)