--- title: My faicks!" says he, "I'd clean forgot, but I reckon I kens where th… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: My faicks!" says he, "I'd clean forgot, but I reckon I kens where the Moon be!" and he told them of how he was lost in the bogs, and how, when he was nigh dead with fright, the light shone out, and he found the path and got home safe. Who acts: faicks, I, man. 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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 (faicks, I, man), 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:pg14241:24:106 # text = My faicks!" says he, "I'd clean forgot, but I reckon I kens where the Moon be!" and he told them of how he was lost in the bogs, and how, when he was nigh dead with fright, the light shone out, and he found the path and got home safe. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 faicks faick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 12 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 kens ken NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 of of SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bogs bog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 nigh nigh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 51 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 acl _ _ 52 out out ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 61 home home ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 62 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | My faicks | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **clean** | would | I | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **forget** | past | man | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **reckon** | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **ken** | | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | man | | kens *= ken* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **lose** *in a quote* | past · passive | | man | | the bogs | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | past | man | | | | | with fright and the light; dead *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **shine out** *in a quote* | participle | | the light *not said here* | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **find** *in a quote* | past | man | the path | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Topic | | 11 | **get** *in a quote* | past | man *not said here* | | | | | home, safe *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/107/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/)