--- title: "If you will only do as I bid you, I will take you in my beak to a f… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "If you will only do as I bid you, I will take you in my beak to a fine large pond, covered with all the kinds of lotuses, and put you into it," answered the crane. Who acts: you, crane. 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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, crane), 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:pg7128:11:83 # text = "If you will only do as I bid you, I will take you in my beak to a fine large pond, covered with all the kinds of lotuses, and put you into it," answered the crane. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 bid bid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 lotuses lotus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 40 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 crane crane NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bid** *in a quote* | past | the crane *= crane* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | future | the crane *= crane* | you | | my beak | | to a fine large pond | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to pond=Destination | | 4 | **cover** *in a quote* | participle | | a fine large pond *not said here* | | | | with all kinds of lotuses | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with kind=Theme | | 5 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | the crane *= crane* *not said here* | | you | pond | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent you=Goal | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the crane | | | | | | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/84/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/)