--- title: If you like, however, I will go with you to my brother, the North Wi… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If you like, however, I will go with you to my brother, the North Wind; he is the oldest and strongest of all of us, and if he does not know where it is no one in the whole world will be able to tell you. Who acts: you, I, Wind, deal. 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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, Wind, deal), 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:pg503:4:94 # text = If you like, however, I will go with you to my brother, the North Wind; he is the oldest and strongest of all of us, and if he does not know where it is no one in the whole world will be able to tell you. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 however however ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 parataxis _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 48 advmod _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 48 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 advcl _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | however *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **go** | future | I | | | | | with you; to my brother | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to brother=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | present | Wind | | | | | of all; strong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | Wind | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | present | deal | no one | | the whole world | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | future | no one | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/95/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)