--- title: So the lad said, "It's no use of thee, thou pair of legs, standing a… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the lad said, "It's no use of thee, thou pair of legs, standing alone at the window, as thou hast no eye to see with, so go join thy brother;" and he cast the lower part of the giant after the top part. Who acts: lad, cry, thou. 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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 (lad, cry, thou), 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:pg14241:16:11 # text = So the lad said, "It's no use of thee, thou pair of legs, standing alone at the window, as thou hast no eye to see with, so go join thy brother;" and he cast the lower part of the giant after the top part. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 15 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 20 alone alone ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 27 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 go go ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 advcl _ _ 36 join join VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 37 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 46 amod _ _ 46 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 after after ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the lad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | cry | no use and pair | | | | of thee | tree rules | | 3 | **pair** *in a quote* | | thou | | | | | of legs | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** *in a quote* | gerund | cry *not said here* | | | the window | | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | thou | no eye | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **join** *in a quote* | present | cry *not said here* | thy brother | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient | | 8 | **cast** | past | lad | the lower part of the giant | | | after the top part | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Product | 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/pg14241/16/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/12/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/)