--- title: Seeing this, the men said to Hassebu, ‘We will put a rope under your… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Seeing this, the men said to Hassebu, ‘We will put a rope under your arms, and let you down, so that you may scrape up all the honey that is left, and when you have done we will lower the rope again, and you shall make it fast, and we will draw you up.’ Who acts: men, We, 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 (men, We, 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:pg641:30:28 # text = Seeing this, the men said to Hassebu, ‘We will put a rope under your arms, and let you down, so that you may scrape up all the honey that is left, and when you have done we will lower the rope again, and you shall make it fast, and we will draw you up.’ 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Hassebu Hassebu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 under under ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 29 mark _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 scrape scrape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 lower lower VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 61 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 up up ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | the men *not said here* | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the men | | Hassebu | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to hassebu=Recipient | | 3 | **put** | future | We | a rope | | your arms | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rope=Theme under arm=Destination | | 4 | **let down** | infinitive | We *not said here* | you | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **scrape up** | may | you | all honey | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Patient | | 6 | **leave** | present · passive | | all honey | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **do** | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **lower** | future | we | the rope | | | again | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme | | 9 | **make** | shall | you | honey | | | | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | | 10 | **draw up** | future | we | you | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/30/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/30/29/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Hassebu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/30/)