--- title: ‘Alas! yes, madam,’ she answered, ‘and if you will but cure him, you… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Alas! yes, madam,’ she answered, ‘and if you will but cure him, you may take me back to the farm, or bring the Green Giant to life again, and you shall see how obedient I will be.’ Who acts: she, you, 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 (she, you, 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:pg7277:39:2 # text = ‘Alas! yes, madam,’ she answered, ‘and if you will but cure him, you may take me back to the farm, or bring the Green Giant to life again, and you shall see how obedient I will be.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Green Green ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 31 obj _ _ 34 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 43 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 44 obedient obedient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obj _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | she | ‘ | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ‘=Eventuality | | 2 | **cure** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Vivien | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Source | | 3 | **take back** | may · future | you | me | | the farm | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to farm=Destination | | 4 | **bring** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the Green | | life | again | giant *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent green=Theme to life=Destination | | 5 | **see** | shall | you | obedient | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer obedient=Stimulus | | 6 | **be** | future | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/3/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/)