--- title: ‘Now listen,’ said the fish, ‘if you’ll throw me back into the water… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now listen,’ said the fish, ‘if you’ll throw me back into the water, I’ll give you back the castle and the cupboard with all its good things; but now take care, and don’t for your life betray where you got them, or you’ll just lose them again.’ Who acts: fish, 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 (fish, 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:pg7277:49:31 # text = ‘Now listen,’ said the fish, ‘if you’ll throw me back into the water, I’ll give you back the castle and the cupboard with all its good things; but now take care, and don’t for your life betray where you got them, or you’ll just lose them again.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 back back ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 33 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 40 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 48 betray betray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ _ 49 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 51 advmod _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 ccomp _ _ 52 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 or or CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 just just ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 again again ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | infinitive | | | | | now | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fish | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **throw back** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | me | | | | into the water *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer i=Theme into water=Result | | 4 | **give back** | future | I | the castle and the cupboard with castle's good things | you | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient castle=Theme | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | | care | | | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 6 | **not** **do** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **betray** | present | | | | | | for your life | tree rules | | 8 | **get** | past | you | fish | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 9 | **lose** | future | you | fish | | | again | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/32/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Lads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/)