--- title: But if you don't believe me that there is such a pond, send one of y… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But if you don't believe me that there is such a pond, send one of you with me to go and see it." Who acts: you, pond. A sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 5, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/88/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/) / 88 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 5, sentence 88 But if you don't believe me that there is such a pond, send one of you with me to go and see it." **Who acts:** you, pond · **What happens:** not believe, be, send, go, see · **To what, where:** me, one, pond This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, pond), 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:pg7128:11:88 # text = But if you don't believe me that there is such a pond, send one of you with me to go and see it." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 10 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 13 det:predet _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **believe** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | you | | me | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | present | such pond | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | one of you | | | | with me | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | pond | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/89/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/)