--- title: I will make you a present of them both, as I am anxious to save your… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I will make you a present of them both, as I am anxious to save your life; but you must leave your horse behind you, for it would stumble over the fallen trees or get entangled in the briers and thorns. Who acts: I, you, horse. 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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, horse), 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:pg640:30:73 # text = I will make you a present of them both, as I am anxious to save your life; but you must leave your horse behind you, for it would stumble over the fallen trees or get entangled in the briers and thorns. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 both both ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 behind behind ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 stumble stumble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 39 entangled entangle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 xcomp _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 briers brier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 thorns thorn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | future | I | a present of crumbs | you | | | both *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary present=Product | | 2 | **is** | present | I | | | | | anxious *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **save** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | your life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | must | you | your horse | | | | behind you | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme behind you=Location | | 5 | **stumble** | would | horse | | | the fallen trees | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over tree=Trajectory | | 6 | **fall** | participle | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **entangle** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | in the briers and thorns | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in brier=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 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/74/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)