--- title: ‘I’ll tell you what,’ cried the dragon, trembling with fear at the t… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I’ll tell you what,’ cried the dragon, trembling with fear at the thought of such a thing; ‘let me carry the wood for you, and you shall have seven times seven sacks full of ducats.’ Who acts: I, me, 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, me, 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:pg641:13:148 # text = ‘I’ll tell you what,’ cried the dragon, trembling with fear at the thought of such a thing; ‘let me carry the wood for you, and you shall have seven times seven sacks full of ducats.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 9 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 trembling tremble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 22 det:predet _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 37 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 sacks sack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 41 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 ducats ducat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | the dragon | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Topic | | 3 | **tremble** | gerund | | | | the thought of such thing | | with fear | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at thought=Location | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **carry** | infinitive | me *not said here* | the wood | | | | for you | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme | | 6 | **have** | shall | you | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **think** | | | such thing | | | | | nom thought «cognition 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 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 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/147/) - next →: [sentence 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/149/) - ↑ back to [Stan Bolovan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/)