--- title: I will give you this little bell: if you ring it once, the King of t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I will give you this little bell: if you ring it once, the King of the Eagles will appear; if you ring it twice, the King of the Foxes will come to you; and if you ring it three times, you will see the King of the Fishes by your side. Who acts: I, you, King. 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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, King), 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:pg640:34:18 # text = I will give you this little bell: if you ring it once, the King of the Eagles will appear; if you ring it twice, the King of the Foxes will come to you; and if you ring it three times, you will see the King of the Fishes by your side. 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 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 ring ring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ring ring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 ring ring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Fishes Fish PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | future | I | this little bell | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient bell=Theme | | 2 | **ring** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | bell | | | | once *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 3 | **appear** | future | the King | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **ring** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | bell | | | | twice *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 5 | **come** | future | the King | | you | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **ring** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | bell | | | time | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 7 | **see** | future | you | the King of the Fishes | | | | by your side | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/19/) - ↑ back to [The Flower Queen’s Daughter(23)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/)