--- title: Run away and lie down among the dead bodies that he has in the room… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Run away and lie down among the dead bodies that he has in the room (showing me the place), and strip off your clothes that he may not know you from the rest if he has occasion to go that way.” Who acts: you, giant, room. 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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, giant, room), 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:pg540:8:121 # text = Run away and lie down among the dead bodies that he has in the room (showing me the place), and strip off your clothes that he may not know you from the rest if he has occasion to go that way.” 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 lie lie VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 showing show VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 strip strip VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 25 off off ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 24 obj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 40 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ _ 43 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lie down** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the dead bodies | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among body=Location | | 3 | **have** | present | giant | | | the room | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **show** | gerund | the room *not said here* | the place | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient place=Topic | | 5 | **strip off** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your clothes | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 6 | **not** **know** | may | giant | you | | the rest | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | giant | occasion | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Patient | | 8 | **go** | to-infinitive | giant *not said here* | that way | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/122/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)