--- title: And what you've not to do is this: bite no bit, and drink no drop, h… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And what you've not to do is this: bite no bit, and drink no drop, however hungry or thirsty you be; drink a drop, or bite a bit, while in Elfland you be and never will you see Middle Earth again.” Who acts: this, 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 (this, 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:pg7439:24:24 # text = And what you've not to do is this: bite no bit, and drink no drop, however hungry or thirsty you be; drink a drop, or bite a bit, while in Elfland you be and never will you see Middle Earth again.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 11 bite bite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 drink drink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 however however ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 drink drink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 bite bite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 while while SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Elfland Elfland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 46 Middle Middle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | this *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bite** | infinitive | | no bit | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient | | 4 | **drink** | infinitive | | no drop | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Patient | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | however, hungry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **drink** | infinitive | | a drop | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Patient | | 8 | **bite** | infinitive | | a bit | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient | | 9 | **not** **see** | future | you | Middle Earth | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer earth=Stimulus | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/24/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/24/25/) - ↑ back to [Childe Rowland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/24/)