--- title: He will then let you stand on his shoulders, so as to get out of the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He will then let you stand on his shoulders, so as to get out of the mound; but he means to cheat you all the same, and will catch you by the cloak to pull you back again; but you must take care to have the cloak loose on your shoulders, so that he will only get hold of that.’ Who acts: ghost, you. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/56/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/) / 56 # The Yellow Fairy Book, Hermod and Hadvor (32), sentence 56 He will then let you stand on his shoulders, so as to get out of the mound; but he means to cheat you all the same, and will catch you by the cloak to pull you back again; but you must take care to have the cloak loose on your shoulders, so that he will only get hold of that.’ **Who acts:** ghost, you · **What happens:** let, stand, get out, mean, cheat, catch · **To what, where:** you, shoulders, mound, care, cloak, hold This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Hermod and Hadvor (32). 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), 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:pg640:49:56 # text = He will then let you stand on his shoulders, so as to get out of the mound; but he means to cheat you all the same, and will catch you by the cloak to pull you back again; but you must take care to have the cloak loose on your shoulders, so that he will only get hold of that.’ 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 out out ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 cheat cheat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 41 again again ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 47 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 loose loose ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 53 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 57 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 62 mark _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 fixed _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 only only ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 63 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ’ ' SYM NFP _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | future | ghost | you | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **stand** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | ghost's shoulders | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shoulder=Location | | 3 | **get out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the mound | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **mean** | present | ghost | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **cheat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ghost *not said here* | you | | | | same *property* | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Source | | 6 | **catch** | future | ghost *not said here* | you | | | | by the cloak | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **pull back** | to-infinitive | ghost *not said here* | you | | | again | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent you=Result | | 8 | **take** | must | you | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 9 | **have** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the cloak | | | | loose *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Patient | | 10 | **get** | future | ghost | hold of that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | | 11 | **hold** | | | that | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/57/) - ↑ back to [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/)