--- title: You will not be able to recognise me at all, and therefore I will ca… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: You will not be able to recognise me at all, and therefore I will catch hold of you as I go past, so that you can notice it, and you must then make haste to catch me and hold me fast. Who acts: You, I, haste. 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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, haste), 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:pg5615:27:40 # text = You will not be able to recognise me at all, and therefore I will catch hold of you as I go past, so that you can notice it, and you must then make haste to catch me and hold me fast. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 recognise recognise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 17 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 23 past past ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 29 mark _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 37 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | future | You | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **recognise** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | me | | all | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 3 | **catch** | future | I | hold of you | | | | therefore *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 4 | **go past** | present | I | | | | | past *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **notice** | can | you | hold | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **make** | must | you | haste | | | then | | tree rules | | 7 | **catch** | to-infinitive | haste *not said here* | me | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **hold** | infinitive | haste *not said here* | me | | | | fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 9 | **hold** | | | you | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/41/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/)