--- title: She'll be quite safe, for I shall tie a string round her neck, and p… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She'll be quite safe, for I shall tie a string round her neck, and pass it down the chimney, and tie it to my wrist as I go about the house, so she can't fall off without my knowing it.” Who acts: cow, I, my. 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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 (cow, I, my), 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:pg7439:7:30 # text = She'll be quite safe, for I shall tie a string round her neck, and pass it down the chimney, and tie it to my wrist as I go about the house, so she can't fall off without my knowing it.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 quite quite ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 tie tie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 round round ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 down down ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 tie tie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 wrist wrist NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 33 about about ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 40 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 42 off off ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 without without SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | future | cow | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tie** | shall | I | a string | | | | round cow's neck | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient | | 3 | **pass down** | infinitive | I *not said here* | string | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient chimney=Theme | | 4 | **tie** | infinitive | I *not said here* | chimney | | | | to my wrist | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to wrist=Co-Patient | | 5 | **go** | present | I | | | | | about the house | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about house=Location | | 6 | **not** **fall off** | can | cow | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **know** | gerund | my | chimney | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/7/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/7/31/) - ↑ back to [The Three Sillies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/7/)