--- title: If an express requires extraordinary speed the Man-Mountain shall be… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If an express requires extraordinary speed the Man-Mountain shall be obliged to carry in his pocket the messenger and horse a six days’ journey, and return the said messenger (if so required) safe to our imperial presence. Who acts: express, six days. 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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 (express, six days), 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:pg503:45:30 # text = If an express requires extraordinary speed the Man-Mountain shall be obliged to carry in his pocket the messenger and horse a six days’ journey, and return the said messenger (if so required) safe to our imperial presence. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 express express NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 extraordinary extraordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ _ 39 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a express | extraordinary speed | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme speed=Precondition | | 2 | **oblige** | shall · passive | | the Man Mountain | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 3 | **carry** | to-infinitive | | the messenger and horse | | Mountain's pocket | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme messenger=Beneficiary journey=Value | | 4 | **return** | infinitive | | the said messenger | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **require** | participle | | | | | | safe *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **journey** | | a six days | | | | | | nom journey «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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/31/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/)