--- title: “Take great care of this ring,” she said: “it is more precious than… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Take great care of this ring,” she said: “it is more precious than diamonds; every time you do a bad deed it will prick your finger, but if, in spite of its pricking, you go on in your own evil way, you will lose my friendship, and I shall become your enemy.” Who acts: fairy, ring, 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 (fairy, ring, 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:pg503:39:29 # text = “Take great care of this ring,” she said: “it is more precious than diamonds; every time you do a bad deed it will prick your finger, but if, in spite of its pricking, you go on in your own evil way, you will lose my friendship, and I shall become your enemy.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ _ 17 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ _ 18 than than ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 21 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 prick prick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 pricking pricking NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 45 on on ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 48 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 62 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | great care of this ring | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fairy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ring | | | | | than diamonds; precious *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | you | a bad deed | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | | 5 | **prick** *in a quote* | future | ring | your finger | | | time | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer finger=Patient | | 6 | **go on** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | spite of ring's pricking | | in your own evil way | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in spite=Location | | 7 | **lose** *in a quote* | future | you | my friendship | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Eventuality | | 8 | **become** *in a quote* | shall | fairy | your enemy | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **care** *in a quote* | | this ring | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **spite** *in a quote* | | | ring's pricking | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **prick** *in a quote* | | ring | | | | | | nom pricking «act transitive»: poss=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/30/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)