--- title: But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the ol… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, "Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off another of his legs." Who acts: little dog, Hobyahs, old 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 (little dog, Hobyahs, old 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:pg14241:25:88 # text = But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, "Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off another of his legs." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Turpie Turpie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 barked bark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Hobyahs Hobyahs PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 Turpie Turpie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 23 barks bark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 24 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 29 mark _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 30 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 31 cc _ _ 31 slumber slumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 37 till till ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ _ 42 off off ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | past | little dog | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run off** | past | the Hobyahs | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **bark** *in a quote* | present | Little dog | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **sleep** *in a quote* | can | the old man *= man* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **live** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the old man *= man* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cut off** *in a quote* | future | the old man *= man* | another | | | morning | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector another=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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/89/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/)