--- title: ‘We will have one between us,’ continued the old dame; ‘and as you a… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘We will have one between us,’ continued the old dame; ‘and as you are the visitor, you shall have the half which contains the stone; but be very careful that you don’t swallow it, for I keep them against the winter, and you have no idea what a good fire they make. Who acts: We, you, half, I. 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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 (We, you, half, I), 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:pg7277:12:138 # text = ‘We will have one between us,’ continued the old dame; ‘and as you are the visitor, you shall have the half which contains the stone; but be very careful that you don’t swallow it, for I keep them against the winter, and you have no idea what a good fire they make. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ 6 between between ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 dame dame NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ‘ ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 visitor visitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 25 obj _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 40 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 against against ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 55 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 56 det _ _ 56 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 54 parataxis _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | future | We | one | | | | between us | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 2 | **continue** | past | | the old dame | | | | ‘ *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | you | the visitor | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | shall | you | the half | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient | | 5 | **contain** | present | the half | the stone | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stone=Theme | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **swallow** | present · do-support | you | stone | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **keep** | present | I | plums *= plum* | | | winter | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 9 | **have** | present | you | no idea | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | | 10 | **make** | present | plums *= plum* | a good fire *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product | 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 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/137/) - next →: [sentence 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/139/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)