--- title: “Then someone will come out who will sparkle with fire; you shall te… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Then someone will come out who will sparkle with fire; you shall tell him your errand, and when he asks you how much you want to have you are to say: ‘As much as I can carry.’” Who acts: someone, you, Prince, much. 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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 (someone, you, Prince, much), 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:pg503:17:75 # text = “Then someone will come out who will sparkle with fire; you shall tell him your errand, and when he asks you how much you want to have you are to say: ‘As much as I can carry.’” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 sparkle sparkle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 26 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obj _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 As as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** *in a quote* | future | someone | | | | then | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **sparkle** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | with fire | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with fire=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | shall | you | your errand | Prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient errand=Topic | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | Prince | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **want** *in a quote* | present | you | much | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | much *not said here* | you | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | much *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | much *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **carry** *in a quote* | can | Prince | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/76/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)