--- title: "It'll certainly be soon dark," she said to herself, "and folk'll no… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "It'll certainly be soon dark," she said to herself, "and folk'll not see what I'm bringing home with me, and so I'll have all the night to myself to think what I'll do with it. Who acts: gold, Mercy, folk, 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 (gold, Mercy, folk, 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:pg14241:19:105 # text = "It'll certainly be soon dark," she said to herself, "and folk'll not see what I'm bringing home with me, and so I'll have all the night to myself to think what I'll do with it. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 25 home home ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 obj _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | future | gold | | | | | certainly, dark, soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mercy | | Mercy | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | future | folk | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | | | | | with me; home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | future | I | | myself | | night | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | future | I | | | | | with gold | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/106/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/)