--- title: You shall then say to him that you know well enough what it is that… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: You shall then say to him that you know well enough what it is that is weighing upon him--that it is the debt which he owes to the troll and cannot pay, but that you can lend him the money. Who acts: You, debt. 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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, debt), 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:pg5615:27:31 # text = You shall then say to him that you know well enough what it is that is weighing upon him--that it is the debt which he owes to the troll and cannot pay, but that you can lend him the money. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 11 enough enough ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 weighing weigh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 debt debt NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 owes owe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | You | | kingdom | | then | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** | present | you | | | | | enough, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **weigh** | present · progressive | | | | | | upon kingdom | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | debt | the debt | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **owe** | present | the debt | | | | | to the troll *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to troll=Goal | | 6 | **not** **pay** | can | the debt *not said here* | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lend** | can | you | the money | kingdom | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient money=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 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/32/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/)