--- title: ‘But if ever you fall into any need or trouble,’ said the elder, ‘ca… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘But if ever you fall into any need or trouble,’ said the elder, ‘call me thrice, and I will come and help you; only you must not call me until you are in the utmost need.’ Who acts: you, I. 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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), 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:pg540:44:83 # text = ‘But if ever you fall into any need or trouble,’ said the elder, ‘call me thrice, and I will come and help you; only you must not call me until you are in the utmost need.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advcl _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 thrice thrice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 until until SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | you | | | | | into any need or trouble *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into need=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | you *not said here* | the elder | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent elder=Topic | | 3 | **call** | infinitive | | | me | | | thrice *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 4 | **come** | future | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **help** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 6 | **not** **call** | must | you | | me | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 7 | **is** | present | you | | | the utmost need | | | tree rules | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/84/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/)