--- title: ‘I am really sorry for you,’ said the beggar, ‘but if you are quite… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I am really sorry for you,’ said the beggar, ‘but if you are quite determined to brave the dangers of the forest, let me at least give you a piece of advice which will help you against these monsters. Who acts: I, you, dangers, me. 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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 (I, you, dangers, me), 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:pg640:30:71 # text = ‘I am really sorry for you,’ said the beggar, ‘but if you are quite determined to brave the dangers of the forest, let me at least give you a piece of advice which will help you against these monsters. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 quite quite ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 dangers danger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 29 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 obl _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 against against ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 monsters monster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | for you; sorry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the beggar | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | the dangers of the forest | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | infinitive | me *not said here* | a piece of advice | you | least | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Recipient piece=Theme at least=Asset | | 7 | **help** | future | advice | | you | | | against this monsters | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/72/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)