--- title: “I know you are far above a little dog, but if it were right and all… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I know you are far above a little dog, but if it were right and allowable that great people should ill-treat all who are beneath them, I might at this moment beat you, or kill you, for a fairy is greater than a man. Who acts: thoughts, you, least, great people. 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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 (thoughts, you, least, great people), 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:pg503:39:45 # text = “I know you are far above a little dog, but if it were right and allowable that great people should ill-treat all who are beneath them, I might at this moment beat you, or kill you, for a fairy is greater than a man. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 7 above above ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 allowable allowable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 22 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 treat treat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 obj _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 parataxis _ _ 49 than than ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Prince Darling's thoughts *= thought* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | above a little dog; far *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | least | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | | least *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **treat** *in a quote* | should | great people | that | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | beneath dogs *= dog* | tree rules | | 7 | **beat** *in a quote* | might | | you | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location you=Theme | | 8 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive | | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a fairy | | | | | than a man; great *property* | tree rules | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/46/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)