--- title: I will give you my blue-check apron, which you must spread out on th… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I will give you my blue-check apron, which you must spread out on the floor, and then go back quickly and fetch the dog and set him upon it; open the chest and take as much money as you like. Who acts: I, blue check apron, 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 (I, blue check apron, 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:pg640:46:21 # text = I will give you my blue-check apron, which you must spread out on the floor, and then go back quickly and fetch the dog and set him upon it; open the chest and take as much money as you like. 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 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 6 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 compound _ _ 9 apron apron NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 23 back back ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 upon upon ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | future | I | | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **check** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spread out** | must | my blue check apron | | | the floor | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Location | | 4 | **go back** | infinitive | | | | | then | quickly *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **fetch** | infinitive | | the dog | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 6 | **set** | infinitive | | lip | | | | upon dog | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme upon it=Destination | | 7 | **open** | infinitive | | the chest | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chest=Theme | | 8 | **take** | present | | much money | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 9 | **like** | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/46/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/46/22/) - ↑ back to [The Tinder-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/46/)