--- title: Do not think that you can deceive me; you fancy you are going to esc… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Do not think that you can deceive me; you fancy you are going to escape, but I assure you that you are going to stay here and the first thing I shall give you to do will be to keep my sheep--they are very good company and speak quite as well as you do. Who acts: you, I, first thing, Sheep. 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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, I, first thing, Sheep), 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:pg503:31:33 # text = Do not think that you can deceive me; you fancy you are going to escape, but I assure you that you are going to stay here and the first thing I shall give you to do will be to keep my sheep--they are very good company and speak quite as well as you do. 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 think think VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 deceive deceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 fancy fancy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 assure assure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 32 amod _ _ 32 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:outer _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 48 very very ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 53 quite quite ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 54 as as ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 56 as as SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **deceive** | can | you | me | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 3 | **fancy** | present | you | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **escape** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **assure** | present | I | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 7 | **go** | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **stay** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **give** | shall | I | the first thing *not said here* | you | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **do** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is** | future | the first thing | | | | | keep *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **is a** | present | Sheep | good company | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **do** | present | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/34/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)