--- title: ‘Very well,’ said the Mother Dragon; ‘but if you wish to enter my se… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Very well,’ said the Mother Dragon; ‘but if you wish to enter my service, you must first lead my mare out to the meadow and look after her for three days; but if you don’t bring her home safely every evening, we will eat you up.’ Who acts: Mother Dragon, you, we, my. 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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 (Mother Dragon, you, we, my), 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:pg640:34:47 # text = ‘Very well,’ said the Mother Dragon; ‘but if you wish to enter my service, you must first lead my mare out to the meadow and look after her for three days; but if you don’t bring her home safely every evening, we will eat you up.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Mother Mother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 advmod _ _ 24 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 out out ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 33 after after ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 43 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 home home ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 47 safely safely ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 48 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 49 det _ _ 49 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 51 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 up up ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Mother Dragon | | | | | well *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **enter** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | my service | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme service=Destination | | 4 | **lead** | must | you | my mare | | | | first, out *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Theme | | 5 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | after dragon; day | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **bring** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | you | | dragon | | evening | home, safely *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 7 | **eat up** | future | we | you | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 8 | **service** | | my | | | | | | nom service «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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/48/) - ↑ back to [The Flower Queen’s Daughter(23)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/)