--- title: If I leave it anywhere else the devils may snatch it away when I am… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: If I leave it anywhere else the devils may snatch it away when I am absent worshipping you; after finishing the rites I shall burn him." Who acts: I, devils. 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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 (I, devils), 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:pg7128:15:96 # text = If I leave it anywhere else the devils may snatch it away when I am absent worshipping you; after finishing the rites I shall burn him." 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 advmod _ _ 6 else else ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 devils devil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 snatch snatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 absent absent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 17 worshipping worshipp VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 csubj _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 after after SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 finishing finish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 rites rite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | road | | | | anywhere *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **snatch away** | may | the devils | road | | | | away *property* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | I | | | | | absent *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **worshipp** | gerund | | you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **finish** | gerund | I *not said here* | the rites | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality rite=Eventuality | | 6 | **burn** | shall | I | brother | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/97/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/)