--- title: Now, if you could tell me something as wonderful as you have told al… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, if you could tell me something as wonderful as you have told already, I would pardon him likewise; I pity this youth and do not want to put him to death if I could help it.’ 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:pg540:8:106 # text = Now, if you could tell me something as wonderful as you have told already, I would pardon him likewise; I pity this youth and do not want to put him to death if I could help it.’ 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 15 already already ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 pardon pardon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 pity pity VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | you | something | me | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | you | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **pardon** | would | I | Thief | | | | likewise *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **pity** | present | I | this youth | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer youth=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | Thief | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | | 7 | **help** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | I | youth | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/107/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)