--- title: Of course the cunning Corva will do her best to dissuade you from ta… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Of course the cunning Corva will do her best to dissuade you from taking the foal, and will tell you that it is both idle and sickly; but do not believe her, and stick to your point.’ Who acts: Corva, cunning, your. 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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 (Corva, cunning, your), 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:pg640:32:36 # text = Of course the cunning Corva will do her best to dissuade you from taking the foal, and will tell you that it is both idle and sickly; but do not believe her, and stick to your point.’ 1 Of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 Corva Corva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 dissuade dissuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 csubj _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 from from SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 both both CCONJ CC _ 26 cc:preconj _ _ 26 idle idle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 sickly sickly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 stick stick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | future | Corva | Corva's best | | | | of the cunning | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 2 | **dissuade** | to-infinitive | | | you | | | | vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer you=Beneficiary | | 3 | **take** | gerund | | | the foal | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument foal=Destination | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | present | cunning | | | | | idle *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | cunning *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **believe** | present · do-support | | Corva | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 8 | **stick** | infinitive | | | | | | to your point | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to point=Co-Patient | | 9 | **point** | | your | | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/37/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/)