--- title: “But when you get there you must not even give yourself time to gree… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “But when you get there you must not even give yourself time to greet anyone, but go straight into the stable, and take the horses, and put them in the coach, and drive back as quickly as you can. Who acts: you. 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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), 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:pg503:18:27 # text = “But when you get there you must not even give yourself time to greet anyone, but go straight into the stable, and take the horses, and put them in the coach, and drive back as quickly as you can. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 even even ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 iobj _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 20 straight straight ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present | you | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **give** *in a quote* | must | you | | yourself | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme | | 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | anyone | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the stable | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into stable=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | the horses | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination | | 6 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | horses *= horse* | | the coach | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in coach=Destination | | 7 | **drive back** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | quickly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/28/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/)