--- title: ‘Well,’ says the Knight of the Glen, ‘if that’s the case I bestow yo… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well,’ says the Knight of the Glen, ‘if that’s the case I bestow you my steed rather than this brave fellow should die; so you may go when you please, only remember to call and see me betimes, that we may know each other well.’ Who acts: that, I, you, brave fellow. 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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 (that, I, you, brave fellow), 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:pg540:8:140 # text = ‘Well,’ says the Knight of the Glen, ‘if that’s the case I bestow you my steed rather than this brave fellow should die; so you may go when you please, only remember to call and see me betimes, that we may know each other well.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Glen Glen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 advcl _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 bestow bestow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 23 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 29 cc _ _ 24 than than ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 26 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 35 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 advcl _ _ 37 please please INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 betimes betimes ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 52 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 51 obj _ _ 53 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 fixed _ _ 54 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the Knight of the Glen | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | that | the case | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bestow** | present | I | the case *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **steed** | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **die** | should | this brave fellow | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **go** | may | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **remember** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **call** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | betimes *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 10 | **know** | may | we | each | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus | 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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/141/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)