--- title: ‘We have still some accounts to settle,’ said he, ‘about what you ha… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘We have still some accounts to settle,’ said he, ‘about what you have been doing here,’ and the poor dragon was too frightened to stir, lest Stan should slay him at one breath and bury him among the flowers in the mountain pastures. Who acts: We, Stan, you, poor dragon. 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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 (We, Stan, you, poor dragon), 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:pg641:13:73 # text = ‘We have still some accounts to settle,’ said he, ‘about what you have been doing here,’ and the poor dragon was too frightened to stir, lest Stan should slay him at one breath and bury him among the flowers in the mountain pastures. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 accounts account NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 settle settle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 ccomp _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux _ _ 20 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 too too ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 Stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 among among ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 pastures pasture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | We | some accounts | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Patient | | 2 | **settle** | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | some accounts *not said here* | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Stan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | present · perfect · progressive | you | | | here | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | the poor dragon | | | | | frightened *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **stir** | to-infinitive | the poor dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **slay** | should | Stan | Father | | one breath | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **bury** | infinitive | Stan *not said here* | Stan | | the flowers in the mountain pastures | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme among flower=Destination | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/74/) - ↑ back to [Stan Bolovan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/)