--- title: ‘Well,’ says the Thief of Sloan, ‘if it were my case I would rather… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well,’ says the Thief of Sloan, ‘if it were my case I would rather die by the Knight than by the wicked Queen; besides, I will go with you myself and show you the road, and whatever fortune you will have, I will take chance of the same.’ Who acts: head, I, you. 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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 (head, I, you), 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:pg540:8:53 # text = ‘Well,’ says the Thief of Sloan, ‘if it were my case I would rather die by the Knight than by the wicked Queen; besides, I will go with you myself and show you the road, and whatever fortune you will have, I will take chance of the same.’ 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 Thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Sloan Sloan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 advcl _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 rather rather ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 than than ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 besides besides INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 45 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 obj _ _ 46 fortune fortune AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 54 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the Thief of Sloan | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | head | my case | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **die** | would | I | | | | | by the Knight; than the wicked Queen | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **go** | future | I | myself | | | | with you | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with you=Beneficiary | | 5 | **show** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the road | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient road=Topic | | 6 | **have** | present | you | whatever | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Patient | | 7 | **take** | future | I | chance of the same | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/54/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)