--- title: The more she begged and scolded, the more he shook his head; and whe… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The more she begged and scolded, the more he shook his head; and when at last she lost patience and cried that the fairies would surely come and fetch him away, he only laughed and said he wished they _would_, for he would like one to play with. Who acts: wind, boy, fairies. 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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 (wind, boy, fairies), 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:pg14241:16:50 # text = The more she begged and scolded, the more he shook his head; and when at last she lost patience and cried that the fairies would surely come and fetch him away, he only laughed and said he wished they _would_, for he would like one to play with. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 scolded scold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 surely surely ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 51 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 obj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | wind | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **scold** | past | wind *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **shake** | past | boy | boy's head | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 4 | **lose** | past | wind | patience | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patience=Eventuality | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | wind *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **come** | would | the fairies | | | | | surely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **fetch away** | infinitive | the fairies *not said here* | boy | | | | away *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **laugh** | past | boy | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **wish** | past | boy | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 11 | **like** | would | boy | one | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/51/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/)