--- title: ‘You are the only person who can kill him; and in consequence he fea… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘You are the only person who can kill him; and in consequence he fears you to such an extent that he has set spies to watch you, and they report your movements to him daily. Who acts: You, only person, man, extent. 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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, only person, man, extent), 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:pg640:32:44 # text = ‘You are the only person who can kill him; and in consequence he fears you to such an extent that he has set spies to watch you, and they report your movements to him daily. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 fears fear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 such such VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 extent extent NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 spies spy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 report report VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 movements movement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 38 daily daily ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | You | the only person | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **kill** | can | the only person | man | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **fear** | present | man | you | | consequence | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 4 | **such** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | a extent | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **set** | present · perfect · passive | a extent *not said here* | man | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme spy=Destination | | 6 | **watch** | to-infinitive | a extent *not said here* | you | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **report** | present | spies *= spy* | your movements | man | | | daily *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent movement=Topic to he=Recipient | | 8 | **move** | | your | | | | | | nom movement «act 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/45/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/)