--- title: He will ask you to cut pieces out of his legs to give to the dogs, b… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He will ask you to cut pieces out of his legs to give to the dogs, but that you must not promise to do unless he tells you where Hermod has gone to, and tells you how to find him. Who acts: ghost, you, Hermod. 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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 (ghost, you, Hermod), 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:pg640:49:55 # text = He will ask you to cut pieces out of his legs to give to the dogs, but that you must not promise to do unless he tells you where Hermod has gone to, and tells you how to find him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 31 Hermod Hermod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | future | ghost | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **cut** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ghost *not said here* | pieces | | ghost's legs | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset piece=Product | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | ghost *not said here* | | the dogs | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to dog=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **promise** *speech: promise* | must | you | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ghost | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **go** | present · perfect | Hermod | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | ghost | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/56/) - ↑ back to [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/)