--- title: ‘It would be better still if you would carry me,’ said she sweetly,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘It would be better still if you would carry me,’ said she sweetly, ‘but as I don’t like to see people giving themselves trouble, you may carry me, and make that snail carry you.’ Who acts: Castle, you, better, 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 (Castle, you, better, 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:pg7277:37:52 # text = ‘It would be better still if you would carry me,’ said she sweetly, ‘but as I don’t like to see people giving themselves trouble, you may carry me, and make that snail carry you.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 nsubj _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 16 sweetly sweetly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 23 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 29 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 iobj _ _ 30 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | Castle | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | you | me | | | still | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | better | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | | 6 | **give** | gerund | people *not said here* | trouble | people | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Recipient trouble=Theme | | 7 | **carry** | may | walking | me | | | | sweetly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **make** | infinitive | walking *not said here* | that snail | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **carry** | infinitive | that snail *not said here* | you | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/53/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)