--- title: ‘In that case,’ said the Enchanter, touching her, ‘you had better be… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘In that case,’ said the Enchanter, touching her, ‘you had better become a particular kind of creature that is neither fish nor fowl; you shall be light and airy, and as green as the grass you live in. Who acts: Enchanter, you, that. 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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 (Enchanter, you, that), 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:pg540:36:6 # text = ‘In that case,’ said the Enchanter, touching her, ‘you had better become a particular kind of creature that is neither fish nor fowl; you shall be light and airy, and as green as the grass you live in. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 xcomp _ _ 18 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 27 cc:preconj _ _ 27 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 parataxis _ _ 28 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 29 cc _ _ 29 fowl fowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 airy airy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Enchanter | | | that case | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in case=Manner | | 2 | **touch** | gerund | the Enchanter *not said here* | Enchanter | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | you | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **become** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a particular kind of creature | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | present | that | fish nor fowl | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | shall | you | | | | | light *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | you *not said here* | | | | | as the grass | tree rules | | 9 | **live in** | present | you | the grass *not said here* | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme grass=Location | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/36/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/36/7/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/36/)