--- title: Now, might not you engage him to use his interest with the Fairy to… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, might not you engage him to use his interest with the Fairy to procure you a tent which might be carried in a man’s hand, and which should be so large as to shelter your whole army against bad weather?” Who acts: you, majesty. 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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, majesty), 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:pg503:52:17 # text = Now, might not you engage him to use his interest with the Fairy to procure you a tent which might be carried in a man’s hand, and which should be so large as to shelter your whole army against bad weather?” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 engage engage VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 procure procure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 shelter shelter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 against against ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **engage** | might | you | majesty | | | now | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **use** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | majesty's interest | | | | with the Fairy | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Patient | | 3 | **procure** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a tent | you | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary tent=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | might · passive | | a tent | | a man's hand | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in hand=Location | | 5 | **is** | should | | | | | | large *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **shelter** | to-infinitive | | your whole army | | bad weather | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent army=Patient against weather=Location | | 7 | **interest** | | majesty | | | | | | nom interest «cognition 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/18/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)