--- title: ‘If you wish to enter the first eleven cellars,’ said she, ‘you can;… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If you wish to enter the first eleven cellars,’ said she, ‘you can; but beware of even unlocking the door of the twelfth, or it will be the worse for you.’ Who acts: you, worse, door. 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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 (you, worse, door), 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:pg641:7:36 # text = ‘If you wish to enter the first eleven cellars,’ said she, ‘you can; but beware of even unlocking the door of the twelfth, or it will be the worse for you.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 9 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 cellars cellar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ‘ SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 beware beware VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 22 of of SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 even even ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 unlocking unlock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 twelfth twelfth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 nsubj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **enter** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the first eleven cellars | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cellar=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the worse | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **beware** | infinitive | the worse *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **unlock** | gerund | the worse *not said here* | the door of the twelfth | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 6 | **is** | future | door | | | | | for you; bad *property* | tree rules | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/37/) - ↑ back to [The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/)