--- title: "Who did it?" said the voice angrily; this time it sounded nearer, a… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Who did it?" said the voice angrily; this time it sounded nearer, and the boy, peeping from under the clothes, could see a white face looking out from the chimney-opening. Who acts: voice, child, white face. 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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 (voice, child, white face), 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:pg14241:16:67 # text = "Who did it?" said the voice angrily; this time it sounded nearer, and the boy, peeping from under the clothes, could see a white face looking out from the chimney-opening. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 angrily angrily ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 16 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 peeping peep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 advcl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 under under ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | past | | child | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the voice | | | | | angrily *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **sound** | past | child | the boy | | | time | near *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **peep** | gerund | child *not said here* | | | | | from the clothes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from clothes=Theme | | 5 | **see** | could | child *not said here* | a white face | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 6 | **look out** | gerund | a white face *not said here* | | | the chimney opening | | | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/68/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/)