--- title: "Oh, wait a bit," says she, "something may turn up, and it'll not ma… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Oh, wait a bit," says she, "something may turn up, and it'll not matter if thou 'rt a fool, so long'st thou 'st got me to look after thee." Who acts: something, it, long'st, me. 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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 (something, it, long'st, me), 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:pg14241:26:72 # text = "Oh, wait a bit," says she, "something may turn up, and it'll not matter if thou 'rt a fool, so long'st thou 'st got me to look after thee." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 15 nsubj _ _ 14 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 obl _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 rt rt ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 long'st long' ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 nsubj _ _ 32 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obj _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 st St PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 39 after after ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a bit | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **turn up** *in a quote* | may | something | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **matter** *in a quote* | future | it | thou | | | | rt a fool | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | past | long'st | me | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **look** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | after thee | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/73/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/)