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title: You need never mind what you see or hear, it will not be able to do… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: You need never mind what you see or hear, it will not be able to do you any harm, if you remain in your place until you hear the lid of the chest slam down again behind the dead; then all danger is past, and you can go about the church, wherever you please.’ Who acts: You, it, danger. A sentence of 
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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 7, sentence 11

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You need never mind what you see or hear, it will not be able to do you any harm, if you remain in your place until you hear the lid of the chest slam down again behind the dead; then all danger is past, and you can go about the church, wherever you please.’

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**Who acts:** You, it, danger · **What happens:** not mind, see, hear, not be, do, remain · **To what, where:** harm, you, place, lid, dead

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This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, it, danger), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg5615:7:11
# text = You need never mind what you see or hear, it will not be able to do you any harm, if you remain in your place until you hear the lid of the chest slam down again behind the dead; then all danger is past, and you can go about the church, wherever you please.’
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	mind	mind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	iobj	_	_
19	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	20	det	_	_
20	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
23	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
29	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	advcl	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
36	slam	slam	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	conj	_	_
37	down	down	ADP	RP	_	36	compound:prt	_	_
38	again	again	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
39	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	47	punct	_	_
43	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	47	advmod	_	_
44	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	45	det	_	_
45	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
46	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	cop	_	_
47	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
50	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
51	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	parataxis	_	_
53	about	about	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
57	wherever	wherever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	52	parataxis	_	_
58	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
59	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	52	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	’	'	SYM	NFP	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mind** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **see** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 3 | **hear** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **not** **is** | future | it |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | any harm | you |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **remain** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  | your place |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
| 7 | **hear** | present | you | the lid of the chest |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer lid=Stimulus |
| 8 | **slam down** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the dead | again |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **is** | present | all danger |  |  |  | then | past *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **go** | can | you |  |  |  |  | about the church | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about church=Location |

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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.

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**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.

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