--- title: ‘I know a little of these matters, and what you say shows me that yo… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I know a little of these matters, and what you say shows me that you are under a herb enchantment--that is to say, that if you can find the herb whose smell woke you up the spell would be broken.’ Who acts: I, you, that, smell. 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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, you, that, smell), 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:pg641:28:26 # text = ‘I know a little of these matters, and what you say shows me that you are under a herb enchantment--that is to say, that if you can find the herb whose smell woke you up the spell would be broken.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 nsubj _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 19 under under ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj:outer _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | I | a little | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer little=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **show** | present | | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | present | you | | | a herb enchantment | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | that | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **wake up** | past | smell | you | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **break** | would · passive | | the herb | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/27/) - ↑ back to [The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/)