--- title: “‘For five years,’ she said, ‘you shall be a sheep, and lord of this… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “‘For five years,’ she said, ‘you shall be a sheep, and lord of this pleasant land, while I, no longer able to see your face, which I loved so much, shall be better able to hate you as you deserve to be hated.’ Who acts: lion, 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 (lion, 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:pg503:31:41 # text = “‘For five years,’ she said, ‘you shall be a sheep, and lord of this pleasant land, while I, no longer able to see your face, which I loved so much, shall be better able to hate you as you deserve to be hated.’ 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 For for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 22 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 no no ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ _ 30 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 much much ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 44 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ _ 45 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 parataxis _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 hate hate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 hated hate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | lion | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | you | a sheep and lord of this pleasant land | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | lion *not said here* | your face | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 4 | **love** *in a quote* | past | lion | your face | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | | | | | | able, well *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **hate** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 7 | **deserve** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **hate** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF» | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/42/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)