--- title: A Fairy gave me to your mother in order that I might be of service t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A Fairy gave me to your mother in order that I might be of service to you; so let me tell you, that if you go to sleep and let the wolves harm the tree, the Sun will surely kill you. Who acts: Fairy, order, me, you. 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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 (Fairy, order, me, you), 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:pg640:38:29 # text = A Fairy gave me to your mother in order that I might be of service to you; so let me tell you, that if you go to sleep and let the wolves harm the tree, the Sun will surely kill you. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 harm harm VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 surely surely ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | a Fairy | | me | | | to your mother in order | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme to mother=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | might | order | | you | | | of service | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | a Fairy *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | me *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 5 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **harm** | present | the wolves | the tree | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tree=Experiencer | | 9 | **kill** | future | the Sun | you | | | | surely *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/30/) - ↑ back to [The Death of the Sun-hero (27)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/)