--- title: "H'm," says he, pulling his beard; "as for that"--and he thought a b… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "H'm," says he, pulling his beard; "as for that"--and he thought a bit--"ay so," he went on at last, "Yallery Brown thou mayst call me, Yallery Brown; 't is my nature seest thou, and as for a name 't will do as any other. Who acts: Tom, thou, t. 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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 (Tom, thou, t), 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:pg14241:17:66 # text = "H'm," says he, pulling his beard; "as for that"--and he thought a bit--"ay so," he went on at last, "Yallery Brown thou mayst call me, Yallery Brown; 't is my nature seest thou, and as for a name 't will do as any other. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 H h INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 pulling pull VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 ccomp _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ay ay NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 32 on on ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Yallery Yallery PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 38 Brown Brown PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 40 mayst may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 Yallery Yallery PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 Brown Brown PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 52 seest see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 53 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 56 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 59 case _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 56 fixed _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 60 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 62 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 64 as as ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 63 obl _ _ 66 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **pull** | gerund | Tom | Tom's beard | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Tom | a bit | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bit=Theme | | 4 | **go on** | past | Tom | | | last | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at last=Location | | 5 | **call** *in a quote* | may | thou | Yallery | | | | Yallery Brown *obl* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | t | my nature | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | present | | thou | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | future | t | | | | | as a name; as any | vn act-114-1 «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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/67/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/)