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# The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 117

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‘“Cut a finger off it,” said I, “and I will bring you in a young wild pig out of the forest, which you may dress as if it was the child, and put the finger in a certain place, that if the giant doubts anything about it you may know where to turn it over at the first, and when he sees it he will be fully satisfied that the pie is made of the child.”

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**Who acts:** I, forest, finger, you, pig · **What happens:** cut, say, bring, dress, be, put · **To what, where:** finger, you, forest, certain place, anything, first · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, forest, finger, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:8:117
# text = ‘“Cut a finger off it,” said I, “and I will bring you in a young wild pig out of the forest, which you may dress as if it was the child, and put the finger in a certain place, that if the giant doubts anything about it you may know where to turn it over at the first, and when he sees it he will be fully satisfied that the pie is made of the child.”
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
24	out	out	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj	_	_
30	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	dress	dress	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	conj	_	_
33	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	38	case	_	_
34	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	33	fixed	_	_
35	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
49	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
50	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	doubts	doubt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	compound	_	_
54	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	59	obj	_	_
55	about	about	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nmod	_	_
57	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
58	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	conj	_	_
60	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	62	advmod	_	_
61	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
62	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	ccomp	_	_
63	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	obj	_	_
64	over	over	ADP	RP	_	62	compound:prt	_	_
65	at	at	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
70	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	72	mark	_	_
71	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	nsubj	_	_
72	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
73	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	obj	_	_
74	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	78	nsubj	_	_
75	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	78	aux	_	_
76	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	78	cop	_	_
77	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	78	advmod	_	_
78	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	ccomp	_	_
79	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	83	mark	_	_
80	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
81	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	nsubj:pass	_	_
82	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	83	aux:pass	_	_
83	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	78	advcl	_	_
84	of	of	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
85	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	86	det	_	_
86	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	78	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	72	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a finger |  |  |  | off finger | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent finger=Patient off it=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | I | you |  | the forest |  | in a young wild pig | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent you=Theme out forest=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **dress** *in a quote* | may | the forest |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | finger |  |  |  |  | as the child | tree rules |
| 6 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | the forest *not said here* | the finger |  | a certain place |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent finger=Theme in place=Destination |
| 7 | **know** *in a quote* | may | you | anything |  |  |  | about finger | tree rules |
| 8 | **turn over** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | finger |  | the first |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 9 | **see** *in a quote* | present | pig | finger |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 10 | **is** *in a quote* | future | pig |  |  |  |  | fully, satisfied *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **make** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | the pie |  |  |  | of the child | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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.

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**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.

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