--- title: Houts!" says the thing again, "thou needn't be feared o' me; thou 's… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Houts!" says the thing again, "thou needn't be feared o' me; thou 'st done me a better turn than thou know'st, my lad, and I'll do as much for thee." Who acts: Houts, I. 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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 (Houts, I), 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:pg14241:17:61 # text = Houts!" says the thing again, "thou needn't be feared o' me; thou 'st done me a better turn than thou know'st, my lad, and I'll do as much for thee." 1 Houts hout NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 feared fear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 15 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 17 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 st st ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 amod _ _ 26 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 than than ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 29 know'st know'st NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 38 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Houts | the thing | | | again | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **fear** | present · passive | | thou | | | | of me | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | participle · passive | | thou | me | | | than know'st and my lad | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | future | I | much | | | | for thee | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Eventuality | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/62/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/)