--- title: I’ll send for him, and you shall judge of the truth of what I tell y… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I’ll send for him, and you shall judge of the truth of what I tell you; but be sure to prepare yourself against being frightened at his extraordinary figure when you see him.” Who acts: I, you. 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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), 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:pg503:53:7 # text = I’ll send for him, and you shall judge of the truth of what I tell you; but be sure to prepare yourself against being frightened at his extraordinary figure when you see him.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nmod _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 22 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 against against ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 27 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 cop _ _ 28 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 extraordinary extraordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | future | I | | | | | for danger | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **judge** | shall | you | the truth | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent truth=Value | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **prepare** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | yourself | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient | | 6 | **frighten** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | against danger's frightened extraordinary figure | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | present | you | danger | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/8/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/53/)