--- title: "I've lost the only two things as I cared for, and what else can I f… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I've lost the only two things as I cared for, and what else can I find to buy a pottle o' brains with!" and he fair howled, till the tears ran down into his mouth. Who acts: yi, rt, tears. 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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 (yi, rt, tears), 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:pg14241:26:54 # text = "I've lost the only two things as I cared for, and what else can I find to buy a pottle o' brains with!" and he fair howled, till the tears ran down into his mouth. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 16 else else ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 pottle pottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 o o NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 26 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ! ! PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 howled howl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 down down ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · perfect | yi | the only two things | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 2 | **care** *in a quote* | past | yi | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **find** *in a quote* | can | yi | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **buy** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | yi *not said here* | | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **howl** | participle | rt | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **run down** | past | the tears | | | | | into rt's mouth *result*; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into mouth=Result | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/55/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/)