--- title: But now about your son: I have saved him from a great many disagreea… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But now about your son: I have saved him from a great many disagreeable things, but you must let me take him away and take care of him, and you will not see him again until he is all covered with fur!’ Who acts: I, you, me. 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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, you, me), 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:pg7277:14:21 # text = But now about your son: I have saved him from a great many disagreeable things, but you must let me take him away and take care of him, and you will not see him again until he is all covered with fur!’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 disagreeable disagreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 28 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 until until SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 42 all all ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 ccomp _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | present · perfect | I | son | | a great many disagreeable things | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from thing=Source | | 2 | **let** | must | you | me | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take away** | infinitive | me *not said here* | son | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | me *not said here* | care | | | | of son | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **not** **see** | future | you | son | | | again | | tree rules | | 6 | **cover** | present · passive | | son | | | | with fur; all *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with fur=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/22/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)