--- title: Bind one end of this silk thread to the left fore-leg of the calf, a… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Bind one end of this silk thread to the left fore-leg of the calf, and the other end to the little toe of your left foot, so that the calf will never be able to leave your side, whether you walk, stand, or lie.’ Who acts: you, other end. 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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, other end), 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:pg641:10:82 # text = Bind one end of this silk thread to the left fore-leg of the calf, and the other end to the little toe of your left foot, so that the calf will never be able to leave your side, whether you walk, stand, or lie.’ 1 Bind bind VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 fore fore NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 toe toe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 38 mark _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bind** | imperative | you *not said here* | one end of this silk thread | | | | to the left fore leg of the calf | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent end=Patient to leg=Co-Patient | | 2 | **not** **is** | future | the other end to the little toe of your left foot | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** | to-infinitive | the other end to the little toe of your left foot *not said here* | your side | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme | | 4 | **walk** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stand** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lie** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/83/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/)