--- title: I know you are only trying to take me in,’ answered she; ‘and if I d… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I know you are only trying to take me in,’ answered she; ‘and if I do let you serve me, is it fitting that you should be so much better dressed I am? Who acts: I, you, penny. A sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, with its dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/124/) [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/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Ce…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/) / 124 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 124 I know you are only trying to take me in,’ answered she; ‘and if I do let you serve me, is it fitting that you should be so much better dressed I am? **Who acts:** I, you, penny · **What happens:** know, try, take in, answer, let, serve · **To what, where:** me, hag, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, penny), 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:pg7277:12:124 # text = I know you are only trying to take me in,’ answered she; ‘and if I do let you serve me, is it fitting that you should be so much better dressed I am? 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 13 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 fitting fit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 parataxis _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 much much ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 parataxis _ _ 36 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **try** | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **take in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | hag | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 5 | **let** | present · do-support | | you | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **serve** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Attribute | | 7 | **fit** | present · progressive | penny | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | should | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | present | penny *not said here* | | | | | dress *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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/125/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)