--- title: Now, if only I knew how I could take this treasure home with me----b… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, if only I knew how I could take this treasure home with me----but I can never hope to hide it from my wife, and once she knows of it she’ll tell all the world, and then I shall get into trouble.’ Who acts: I, luck. 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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, luck), 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:pg641:16:11 # text = Now, if only I knew how I could take this treasure home with me----but I can never hope to hide it from my wife, and once she knows of it she’ll tell all the world, and then I shall get into trouble.’ 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 home home ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ---- ---- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 hope hope VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 once once SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | I | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** | could | I | this treasure | | | | with me; home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | | 3 | **not** **hope** | can | I | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | treasure | | | | from my wife | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Patient from wife=Beneficiary | | 5 | **know** | present | luck | | | | | of treasure | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | luck | all world | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent world=Recipient | | 7 | **get** | shall | I | | | trouble | then | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into trouble=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/16/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/16/12/) - ↑ back to [How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/16/)