--- title: "For if they do," said she, "it may happen to you, as it has to me,… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "For if they do," said she, "it may happen to you, as it has to me, that the iron-hearted King Pluto will take a liking to your darlings, and snatch them up in his chariot, and carry them away." Who acts: farmers, Ceres, it, kiss. 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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 (farmers, Ceres, it, kiss), 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:pg976:22:96 # text = "For if they do," said she, "it may happen to you, as it has to me, that the iron-hearted King Pluto will take a liking to your darlings, and snatch them up in his chariot, and carry them away." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 For for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 26 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod:desc _ _ 30 Pluto Pluto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 liking liking NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 darlings darling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 snatch snatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 away away ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | farmers *= farmer* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ceres | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **happen** *in a quote* | may | it | | you | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | kiss | | Ceres | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | future | the hearted Pluto King | a liking | | your darlings | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent liking=Theme to darling=Destination | | 6 | **snatch up** *in a quote* | infinitive | the hearted Pluto King *not said here* | farmers *= farmer* | | Pluto's chariot | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **carry away** *in a quote* | infinitive | the hearted Pluto King *not said here* | farmers *= farmer* | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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:** «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/97/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/)