--- title: "Then if ye did it your own self," cried the elf-mother shrilly, "wh… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Then if ye did it your own self," cried the elf-mother shrilly, "what's the use o' making all this fash about it?"--and with that she stretched out a long thin arm, and caught the creature by its ear, and, shaking it roughly, pulled it after her, out of sight up the chimney. 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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 (ye, elf mother, use, this), 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:pg14241:16:69 # text = "Then if ye did it your own self," cried the elf-mother shrilly, "what's the use o' making all this fash about it?"--and with that she stretched out a long thin arm, and caught the creature by its ear, and, shaking it roughly, pulled it after her, out of sight up the chimney. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 12 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 elf elf NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 17 shrilly shrilly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 24 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 26 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 26 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 29 fash fash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 30 about about ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ? ? PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 obl _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 after after ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 65 out out ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 68 up up ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | past | ye | child | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the elf mother | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the use | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | the use *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **fash** *in a quote* | present | this | | | | | about child | tree rules | | 6 | **stretch out** | past | mother | a long thin arm | | | | with that | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with that=Instrument | | 7 | **catch** | past | | the creature | | | | by child's ear | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Theme | | 8 | **shake** | gerund | | child | | | | roughly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 9 | **pull** | past | | child | | sight up the chimney | after mother | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme out sight=Initial\_Location | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/70/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/)