--- title: Now, I promise to give you back your conch, and never to interfere w… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now, I promise to give you back your conch, and never to interfere with your using it, on one condition, which is this,--whatever you get from it, I am to get double." Who acts: I, your, one condition, you. 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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, your, one condition, you), 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:pg7128:22:36 # text = Now, I promise to give you back your conch, and never to interfere with your using it, on one condition, which is this,--whatever you get from it, I am to get double." 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 promise promise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 back back ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 conch conch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 interfere interfere VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 with with SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 40 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | I | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | your conch | you | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient conch=Theme | | 3 | **not** **interfere** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **use** | gerund | your | conch | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | present | one condition | this | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **get** | present | you | whatever | | conch | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme from it=Source | | 7 | **get** | present | I | double | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer double=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/37/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)