--- title: "Oh dearie me, oh dearie me," says she, "I've swam and I've paddled… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Oh dearie me, oh dearie me," says she, "I've swam and I've paddled and I've danced, and if ye'll not help me I shall never find the stars in the sky to play with." Who acts: dearie, ye. 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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 (dearie, ye), 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:pg14241:29:115 # text = "Oh dearie me, oh dearie me," says she, "I've swam and I've paddled and I've danced, and if ye'll not help me I shall never find the stars in the sky to play with." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 3 dearie dearie NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 vocative _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 oh oh INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 7 dearie dearie NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 swam swim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 paddled paddle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 danced dance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | dearie | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **swim** *in a quote* | present · perfect | dearie | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **paddle** *in a quote* | present · perfect | dearie | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **dance** *in a quote* | present · perfect | dearie | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **help** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | ye | | dearie | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 6 | **not** **find** *in a quote* | shall | dearie | the stars | | the sky | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Topic | | 7 | **play** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | dearie *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/116/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/)