--- title: ‘If you can take care of my mare for three days I will give you a ho… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If you can take care of my mare for three days I will give you a horse for wages, but if you let her stray you will lose your head’; and as she spoke she led him into a courtyard surrounded with palings, and on every post a man’s head was stuck. Who acts: you, I, mare, head. 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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, I, mare, head), 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:pg641:7:97 # text = ‘If you can take care of my mare for three days I will give you a horse for wages, but if you let her stray you will lose your head’; and as she spoke she led him into a courtyard surrounded with palings, and on every post a man’s head was stuck. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 6 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 let let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 stray stray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 palings paling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 52 det _ _ 52 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’s 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 58 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | care | | | day | of my mare | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of mare=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **give** | future | I | a horse | you | | | for wages | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Recipient horse=Theme for wage=Asset | | 3 | **let** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | mare | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stray** | infinitive | mare *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lose** | future | you | your head | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | head | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lead** | past | head | servant | | a courtyard | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into courtyard=Destination | | 8 | **surround** | participle | | a courtyard *not said here* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | | | | every post a man's head | | stuck *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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/98/) - ↑ back to [The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/)