--- title: ‘If you ever find Solomon’s ring and get possession of it, then come… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If you ever find Solomon’s ring and get possession of it, then come back to me, that I may explain the inscription on the ring to you, for there is no one else in the world who can do this.’ Who acts: you, I, one. 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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 (you, I, one), 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:pg640:5:23 # text = ‘If you ever find Solomon’s ring and get possession of it, then come back to me, that I may explain the inscription on the ring to you, for there is no one else in the world who can do this.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 5 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 6 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 back back ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 inscription inscription NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 35 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 38 else else ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 45 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' SYM NFP _ 10 discourse _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | Solomon's ring | | | ever | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Topic | | 2 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | possession of possession | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer possession=Stimulus | | 3 | **come back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **explain** *speech: assert* | may | I | the inscription | you | the ring | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent inscription=Topic to you=Recipient | | 5 | **be** | present | no one in the world | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **do** | can | no one in the world | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 7 | **possess** | | | possession | | | | | nom possession «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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/24/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)