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# The Violet Fairy Book, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2, sentence 67

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Then, after making the princess show him the golden curl which she wore round her neck, he added: ‘Listen to me; unless by some means or other you bring me the owner of this lock, I will have your head cut off in the place where you stand.

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**Who acts:** golden curl, two, some, other, I, head · **What happens:** make, show, wear, add, listen, mean · **To what, where:** princess, golden curl, two, me, owner, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (golden curl, two, some, other), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg641:39:67
# text = Then, after making the princess show him the golden curl which she wore round her neck, he added: ‘Listen to me; unless by some means or other you bring me the owner of this lock, I will have your head cut off in the place where you stand.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	curl	curl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	round	round	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	added	add	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
22	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	Listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	ccomp	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	30	nsubj	_	_
30	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
31	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
32	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	nsubj	_	_
33	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
35	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	34	iobj	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	40	det	_	_
40	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	parataxis	_	_
45	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
47	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	xcomp	_	_
48	off	off	ADP	RP	_	47	compound:prt	_	_
49	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
52	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	54	advmod	_	_
53	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
54	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | the princess |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset princess=Product |
| 2 | **show** | present |  | the golden curl | two |  | then |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient curl=Topic |
| 3 | **wear** | past | the golden curl |  |  |  |  | round princess's neck | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | two |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **listen** | infinitive |  |  | me |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to i=Theme |
| 6 | **mean** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | some |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **bring** | present | other | the owner of this lock | me |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination owner=Theme |
| 8 | **have** | future | I | your head |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **cut off** | participle | your head *not said here* |  |  | the place |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 10 | **stand** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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