--- title: ‘Now, sir,’ says he to the Knight of the Glen, ‘if that be not as gr… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now, sir,’ says he to the Knight of the Glen, ‘if that be not as great an adventure as ever you heard, to be within one blow of a hatchet of my end, and that blow even drawn, and after all to escape, I leave it to yourself.’ Who acts: that, you, I. 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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, you, 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:pg540:8:82 # text = ‘Now, sir,’ says he to the Knight of the Glen, ‘if that be not as great an adventure as ever you heard, to be within one blow of a hatchet of my end, and that blow even drawn, and after all to escape, I leave it to yourself.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Glen Glen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 28 advmod _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 32 within within ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj _ _ 44 blow blow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 45 even even ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 49 after after ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 55 obl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | hound | the Knight of the Glen | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Topic to knight=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | that | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | past | you | | | | ever | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | within one blow; of a hatchet of my end | tree rules | | 5 | **blow** | present | that | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **draw** | participle | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **escape** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **leave** | present | I | hatchet | yourself | | after all | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to yourself=Recipient | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/83/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)