--- title: You shall have a son, who will never be happy until he finds out tha… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: You shall have a son, who will never be happy until he finds out that his nose is too long, and if you ever tell anyone what I have just said to you, you shall vanish away instantly, and no one shall ever see you or hear of you again.” Who acts: You, son, king, nose. 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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, son, king, nose), 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:pg503:3:14 # text = You shall have a son, who will never be happy until he finds out that his nose is too long, and if you ever tell anyone what I have just said to you, you shall vanish away instantly, and no one shall ever see you or hear of you again.” 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 12 until until SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 too too ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 27 advmod _ _ 27 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 28 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 27 obj _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 obj _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 just just ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 vanish vanish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 40 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 48 advmod _ _ 48 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 54 again again ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | shall | You | a son | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 2 | **not** **is** | future | a son | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **find out** | present | king | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | king's nose | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | anyone | | | ever | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | | you | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to you=Recipient | | 7 | **vanish away** | shall | you | | | | | away, instantly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | shall | no one | you | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 9 | **hear** | infinitive | no one *not said here* | | | | again | of you | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of you=Stimulus | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/15/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)