--- title: Take gold and silver with you, and a large retinue of servants, as b… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Take gold and silver with you, and a large retinue of servants, as beseems two noble princes, and go through the world till you find out who it is that steals my golden apples, and, if possible, bring the thief to me that I may punish him as he deserves.’ Who acts: you, I, king. 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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, I, king), 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:pg7277:52:4 # text = Take gold and silver with you, and a large retinue of servants, as beseems two noble princes, and go through the world till you find out who it is that steals my golden apples, and, if possible, bring the thief to me that I may punish him as he deserves.’ 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 retinue retinue NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 beseems beseem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 17 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 18 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 through through ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 till till SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 steals steal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 as as SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 deserves deserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | gold and silver | | | | with you; a large retinue of servants *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | | 2 | **beseem** | present | | two noble princes | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | present | | | | the world | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through world=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **find out** | present | you | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | steal *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bring** | infinitive | | the thief | me | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thief=Theme to i=Destination | | 7 | **punish** | may | I | king | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **deserve** | present | king | | | | | | tree rules | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/5/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)