--- title: ‘Prince, I will certainly help you,’ said the toad, and, crawling ba… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Prince, I will certainly help you,’ said the toad, and, crawling back into her swamp, she returned dragging after her a piece of linen not bigger than a finger, which she lay before the Prince, saying, ‘Take this home, and you’ll see it will help you.’ Who acts: Prince, PUDDOCKY, finger, 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 (Prince, PUDDOCKY, finger, 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:pg7277:29:86 # text = ‘Prince, I will certainly help you,’ said the toad, and, crawling back into her swamp, she returned dragging after her a piece of linen not bigger than a finger, which she lay before the Prince, saying, ‘Take this home, and you’ll see it will help you.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 toad toad NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 crawling crawl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 swamp swamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 25 dragging drag VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 xcomp _ _ 26 after after ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 amod _ _ 34 than than ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 ccomp _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | future | Prince | | you | | | certainly *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the toad | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **crawl back** | gerund | | | | PUDDOCKY's swamp | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into swamp=Destination | | 4 | **return** | past | PUDDOCKY | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **drag** | gerund | PUDDOCKY *not said here* | a piece of linen | | | after PUDDOCKY | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 6 | **lie** | past | a finger | | | | before the Prince | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before prince=Location | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | PUDDOCKY *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **take** | infinitive | | this home | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme | | 9 | **see** | future | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **help** | future | home | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/87/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/29/)