--- title: Before I die I should like to build a house for each of you, as this… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Before I die I should like to build a house for each of you, as this dear old sty in which we have lived so happily will be given to a new family of pigs, and you will have to turn out. Who acts: I, we, 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, we, 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:pg7277:13:18 # text = Before I die I should like to build a house for each of you, as this dear old sty in which we have lived so happily will be given to a new family of pigs, and you will have to turn out. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nsubj _ _ 18 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 sty sty NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 23 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 happily happily ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present | I | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **like** | should | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **build** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a house | | | | for each; as dear old sty | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent house=Product for each=Asset | | 4 | **live** | present · perfect | we | | | dear old sty | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 5 | **give** | future · passive | we *not said here* | | a new family of pigs | | | happily *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to family=Recipient | | 6 | **have** | future | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **turn out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/13/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/13/19/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Pigs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/13/)