--- title: Now,’ says the hen-wife, ‘you must make a bargain, that if you win t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now,’ says the hen-wife, ‘you must make a bargain, that if you win they must do whatever you command them, and if they win, that you must do whatever they command you to do; this bargain must be made before the assembly, and here is a pack of cards,’ says she, ‘that I am thinking you will not lose b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/32/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/) / 32 # The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 32 Now,’ says the hen-wife, ‘you must make a bargain, that if you win they must do whatever you command them, and if they win, that you must do whatever they command you to do; this bargain must be made before the assembly, and here is a pack of cards,’ says she, ‘that I am thinking you will not lose by.’ **Who acts:** you, sons, pack, I · **What happens:** say, make, win, do, command, be · **To what, where:** hen wife, bargain, whatever, sons, you, wife · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (you, sons, pack, 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:pg540:8:32 # text = Now,’ says the hen-wife, ‘you must make a bargain, that if you win they must do whatever you command them, and if they win, that you must do whatever they command you to do; this bargain must be made before the assembly, and here is a pack of cards,’ says she, ‘that I am thinking you will not lose by.’ 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 24 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 38 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 50 before before ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 56 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 63 punct _ _ 63 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 parataxis _ _ 64 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 66 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 that that SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 68 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 63 advcl _ _ 71 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 72 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 73 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 74 advmod _ _ 74 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 ccomp _ _ 75 by by ADP IN _ 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the hen wife | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | must | you | a bargain | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bargain=Product | | 3 | **win** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | must | sons *= son* | whatever | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality | | 5 | **command** | present | you | sons *= son* | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 6 | **win** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | sons *= son* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** | must | you | whatever | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality | | 8 | **command** | present | sons *= son* | you | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | sons *= son* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **make** | must · passive | | this bargain | | | before the assembly | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 11 | **is** | present | a pack of cards | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | wife | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 13 | **think** *speech: other* | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 14 | **not** **lose** | future | you | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/33/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)