--- title: Now mark what I say—if the flame ascends I conquer, and if it sinks… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now mark what I say—if the flame ascends I conquer, and if it sinks I fail; but if you see that I am winning, fling the bridle, which you must take off me, over his head, and then he will become quite gentle.’ Who acts: you, I, flame, bridle. 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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, I, flame, bridle), 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:pg540:39:8 # text = Now mark what I say—if the flame ascends I conquer, and if it sinks I fail; but if you see that I am winning, fling the bridle, which you must take off me, over his head, and then he will become quite gentle.’ 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 mark mark VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 — - PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ascends ascend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 conquer conquer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 fail fail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 30 fling fling VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 parataxis _ _ 38 off off ADP RP _ 39 case _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 over over ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ _ 50 quite quite ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **ascend** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the flame | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **conquer** | present | I | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sink** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | flame | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **fail** | present | I | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **win** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **fling** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the bridle | | Dapplegrim's head | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bridle=Theme over head=Destination | | 10 | **take off** | must | the bridle | me | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 11 | **become** | future | Dapplegrim | | | | then | gentle *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/39/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/39/9/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/39/)