--- title: For they will all come round about you; but you must behave just as… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For they will all come round about you; but you must behave just as if you did not see them, and on no account must you taste anything, for if you do it will cause great misery both to you and to me,” said she; and this he promised. Who acts: horses, you, account, maid. 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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 (horses, you, account, maid), 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:pg503:18:28 # text = For they will all come round about you; but you must behave just as if you did not see them, and on no account must you taste anything, for if you do it will cause great misery both to you and to me,” said she; and this he promised. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 ccomp _ _ 6 round round ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 behave behave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 30 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 misery misery NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 38 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 nsubj _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come round** | future | horses *= horse* | | | | | about you; all, round *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about you=Location | | 2 | **behave** | must | you | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | you | horses *= horse* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 4 | **taste** | must | you | anything | | no account | | | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anything=Theme on account=Location | | 5 | **cause** | present · do-support | account | great misery | you | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer misery=Theme both=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | maid | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past | this | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/29/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/)