--- title: ‘You are the third person in the last two hours who has told me the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘You are the third person in the last two hours who has told me the same thing,’ said Simon, ‘but I couldn’t believe it,’ and dismounting from the mule he spoke: ‘Keep the animal, I make you a present of it.’ Who acts: You, last two hours, third person, 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 (You, last two hours, third person, 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:pg7277:26:42 # text = ‘You are the third person in the last two hours who has told me the same thing,’ said Simon, ‘but I couldn’t believe it,’ and dismounting from the mule he spoke: ‘Keep the animal, I make you a present of it.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 28 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 dismounting dismount VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | You | the third person | | | hour | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | the last two hours | the same thing | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient thing=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the third person | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **believe** | could | I | joke | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **dismount** | gerund | the third person *not said here* | | | | | from the mule | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Simon | the mule *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **keep** | infinitive | | the animal | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme | | 8 | **make** | present | I | a present of joke | you | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary present=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/43/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/)