--- title: ‘She cannot tell you that, my child,’ replied the goddess, ‘but, if… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘She cannot tell you that, my child,’ replied the goddess, ‘but, if you will travel towards the East until you reach the dwelling of the Sun, he may be able to tell you something.’ Who acts: Princess, you, husband. 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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 (Princess, you, husband), 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:pg540:12:126 # text = ‘She cannot tell you that, my child,’ replied the goddess, ‘but, if you will travel towards the East until you reach the dwelling of the Sun, he may be able to tell you something.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 13 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 24 towards towards ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 until until SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 reach reach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | Princess | that | you | | | my child *obl* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient that=Topic | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | the goddess | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goddess=Topic | | 3 | **travel** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | | | | | towards the East | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards east=Destination | | 4 | **reach** | present | you | the dwelling of the Sun | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme | | 5 | **is** | may | husband | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | husband *not said here* | something | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient something=Topic | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/127/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/)