--- title: But the herd answered: ‘No, oh king; I will not sell it; but if you… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the herd answered: ‘No, oh king; I will not sell it; but if you find pleasure therein, I will be willing to oblige you, and I will lend it to you, free of charge, for three days, after that you must give it back to me.’ Who acts: herd, I, 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 (herd, I, 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:pg641:37:12 # text = But the herd answered: ‘No, oh king; I will not sell it; but if you find pleasure therein, I will be willing to oblige you, and I will lend it to you, free of charge, for three days, after that you must give it back to me.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 oh oh INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 22 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 therein therein ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 28 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 oblige oblige VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 parataxis _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 after after SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 back back ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the herd | king | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **sell** | future | I | herd | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | pleasure | | | | therein *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Topic | | 4 | **is** | future | I | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **oblige** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 6 | **lend** | future | I | herd | you | | day | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to you=Recipient | | 7 | **give back** | must | you | herd | me | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to i=Recipient | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/13/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/)