--- title: ‘And if I,’ said Stana, ‘should be the one chosen, I would weave my… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘And if I,’ said Stana, ‘should be the one chosen, I would weave my husband a shirt which will keep him unscathed when he fights with dragons; when he goes through water he will never even be wet; or if through fire, it will not scorch him.’ Who acts: I, shirt, husband. 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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, shirt, husband), 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:pg641:35:13 # text = ‘And if I,’ said Stana, ‘should be the one chosen, I would weave my husband a shirt which will keep him unscathed when he fights with dragons; when he goes through water he will never even be wet; or if through fire, it will not scorch him.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Stana Stana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 15 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 weave weave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 unscathed unscathed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 29 when when SCONJ WRB _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 fights fight VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 42 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 43 even even ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 49 through through ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 scorch scorch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | should | I *not said here* | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **choose** | participle | | the one *not said here* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **weave** | would | I | a shirt | my husband | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent husband=Beneficiary shirt=Product | | 5 | **keep** | future | a shirt | husband | | | | unscathed *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **fight** | present | husband | | | | | with dragons | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with dragon=Co-Agent | | 7 | **go** | present | husband | | | water | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through water=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **not** **is** | future | husband | | | | | wet *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **scorch** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | shirt | husband | | fire | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/35/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/35/14/) - ↑ back to [The Boys With the Golden Stars](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/35/)