--- title: Not to mention that, Mamma must needs sit up, and keep watch and war… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Not to mention that, Mamma must needs sit up, and keep watch and ward over baby's cradle, or there'd have been a big ugly rat running across the poor little fellow's face, and doing who knows what mischief. Who acts: you, Mamma, big ugly rat. 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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, Mamma, big ugly rat), 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:pg14241:15:11 # text = Not to mention that, Mamma must needs sit up, and keep watch and ward over baby's cradle, or there'd have been a big ugly rat running across the poor little fellow's face, and doing who knows what mischief. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 mention mention VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 Mamma Mamma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 ward ward VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 31 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 across across ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 's 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 44 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 45 nsubj _ _ 45 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | that | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 2 | **need** | must | Mamma | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **sit up** *not said to happen* | infinitive | Mamma *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **keep** | infinitive | | watch | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme | | 5 | **ward** | infinitive | | | | baby's cradle | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | would | | | | there | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | participle | | a big ugly rat | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **run** | gerund | a big ugly rat *not said here* | | | the poor little fellow's face | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across face=Trajectory | | 9 | **do** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **know** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **mischief** | | | | | | | | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/15/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/15/12/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/15/)