--- title: ‘Do not pluck them,’ warned the Welwa, trotting beside him, ‘for my… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Do not pluck them,’ warned the Welwa, trotting beside him, ‘for my brother is seven times stronger than I’; but though Petru knew by experience what this meant, it was no use, and after a moment’s hesitation he began to gather the flowers, and to twist himself a wreath. 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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 (brother, Petru, this, Welwa), 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:pg641:20:40 # text = ‘Do not pluck them,’ warned the Welwa, trotting beside him, ‘for my brother is seven times stronger than I’; but though Petru knew by experience what this meant, it was no use, and after a moment’s hesitation he began to gather the flowers, and to twist himself a wreath. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 pluck pluck VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Welwa Welwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 trotting trot VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 ccomp _ _ 13 beside beside ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 parataxis _ _ 24 than than SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 29 though though SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 Petru Petru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 experience experience NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 obj _ _ 35 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ _ 36 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 after after ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 hesitation hesitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 twist twist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 59 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 58 obj _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **pluck** | infinitive · do-support | | flowers *= flower* | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | | | the Welwa | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent welwa=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **trot** | gerund | | | | | | beside man | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside he=Trajectory | | 4 | **is** | present | my brother | | | | time | strong *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | past | Petru | no use | | | | by experience | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 6 | **mean** | past | this | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | Welwa | no use | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **begin** | past | Petru | a moment's hesitation *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **gather** | to-infinitive | Petru *not said here* | the flowers | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | | 10 | **twist** | to-infinitive | | Petru | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent himself=Theme wreath=Result | | 11 | **hesitate** | | a moment | | | | | | nom hesitation «cognition intransitive»: poss=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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/41/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/)