--- title: ‘I would rather,’ she said, ‘that you did not go to play with the Gr… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I would rather,’ she said, ‘that you did not go to play with the Gruagach, for though twice you have won yet some day he will win, and then he will put trouble upon you.’ Who acts: wife, you, King. 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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 (wife, you, King), 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:pg3454:8:145 # text = ‘I would rather,’ she said, ‘that you did not go to play with the Gruagach, for though twice you have won yet some day he will win, and then he will put trouble upon you.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 4 rather rather ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 though though ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 27 obl _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 28 yet yet ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 40 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wife | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **go** | past · do-support | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | with the Gruagach | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with gruagach=Co-Agent | | 4 | **win** | present · perfect | you | | | | yet; day | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for twice=Beneficiary | | 5 | **win** | future | King | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **put** | future | King | trouble | | | then | upon you | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme upon you=Destination | 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 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/144/) - next →: [sentence 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/146/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/)