--- title: “If people will not do as you tell them they ought to suffer for it,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “If people will not do as you tell them they ought to suffer for it,” answered his foster-brother; “but even if it were unjust, you had better be accused of that by your subjects than that they should find out that they may insult and thwart you as often as they please.” Who acts: people, foster bro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/73/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/) / 73 # The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 73 “If people will not do as you tell them they ought to suffer for it,” answered his foster-brother; “but even if it were unjust, you had better be accused of that by your subjects than that they should find out that they may insult and thwart you as often as they please.” **Who acts:** people, foster brother, pleasure, you, subjects · **What happens:** not do, tell, suffer, answer, be, have · **To what, where:** people, better, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, foster brother, pleasure, 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:pg503:39:73 # text = “If people will not do as you tell them they ought to suffer for it,” answered his foster-brother; “but even if it were unjust, you had better be accused of that by your subjects than that they should find out that they may insult and thwart you as often as they please.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 19 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 21 foster foster NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 even even ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 unjust unjust ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 35 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 xcomp _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 obl _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 43 than than SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 48 out out ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 insult insult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 thwart thwart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 as as ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 often often ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 58 as as ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 please please INTJ UH _ 54 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | people | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | people | | people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **suffer** *not said to happen, in a quote* | ought | people | | | | | for pleasure | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Darling's foster brother | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | pleasure | | | | | unjust *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **accuse** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | your subjects | better | | | | of that | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme of that=Attribute | | 8 | **find out** *in a quote* | should | people | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **insult** *in a quote* | may | people | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **thwart** *in a quote* | infinitive | people *not said here* | you | | | | often *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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/74/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)