--- title: ‘Now,’ said he, ‘you must each of you tie a stone to your necks, so… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now,’ said he, ‘you must each of you tie a stone to your necks, so that you may be sure to go deep enough, for I found the pigs that you saw very deep down indeed.’ Who acts: ‘, 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 (‘, 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:pg5615:17:154 # text = ‘Now,’ said he, ‘you must each of you tie a stone to your necks, so that you may be sure to go deep enough, for I found the pigs that you saw very deep down indeed.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 10 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 11 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 14 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ 14 tie tie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 necks neck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 26 mark _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 deep deep ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 enough enough ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 very very ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 deep deep ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 down down ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 43 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ‘ | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tie** | must | you | a stone | | | | to your necks | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent stone=Patient to neck=Co-Patient | | 3 | **is** | may | you | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | deep, enough *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past | I | the pigs | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Topic | | 6 | **see** | past | you | the pigs | | | | down, indeed *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/17/153/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 18, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/1/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/17/)