--- title: ‘Unless I were to leave off work earlier in summer, I will not do a… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Unless I were to leave off work earlier in summer, I will not do a stroke more than I have promised, and that is from dawn to dark; so you know what you have to expect.’ Who acts: I, that, 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 (I, that, 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:pg641:33:56 # text = ‘Unless I were to leave off work earlier in summer, I will not do a stroke more than I have promised, and that is from dawn to dark; so you know what you have to expect.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Unless unless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 earlier early ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 obj _ _ 20 than than SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave off** | past | I | work | | | summer | early *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme | | 2 | **not** **do** | future | I | a stroke | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present · perfect · passive | | I | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | that | | | | from dawn | to dark | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **expect** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/57/) - ↑ back to [The Headless Dwarfs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/)