--- title: I am ready to assist you, and convey you where you will meet with a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I am ready to assist you, and convey you where you will meet with a speedy cure; only get up, and let one of my people take you behind him.” Who acts: I, you, one. 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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 (I, you, one), 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:pg503:51:51 # text = I am ready to assist you, and convey you where you will meet with a speedy cure; only get up, and let one of my people take you behind him.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 assist assist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 convey convey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 speedy speedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 behind behind ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **assist** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 3 | **convey** | infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent you=Topic | | 4 | **meet** | future | you | | | | | with a speedy cure | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with cure=Co-Agent | | 5 | **get up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **take** | present | one of my people | | you | | | behind Ahmed | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/52/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)