--- title: Then said his mother, "Run quick and tell her that her head's going… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then said his mother, "Run quick and tell her that her head's going to be cut off by the sharp, sharp sword in the hands of the fine, fine laddie, if she doesn't give the sup o' milk the weary, weary lady weeps for." Who acts: head, sharp sharp sword, mother, weary weary lady. 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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 (head, sharp sharp sword, mother, weary weary lady), 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:pg14241:30:155 # text = Then said his mother, "Run quick and tell her that her head's going to be cut off by the sharp, sharp sword in the hands of the fine, fine laddie, if she doesn't give the sup o' milk the weary, weary lady weeps for." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 quick quick ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 xcomp _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 23 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 laddie laddie NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 40 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sup sup NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 46 case _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ _ 46 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 48 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 50 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 weeps weep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | Coo's mother | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | quick *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | mother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | mother's head | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **cut off** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | the sharp sharp sword | | | the hands of the fine fine laddie | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **give** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | mother | the sup of milk | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sup=Theme | | 7 | **weep** *in a quote* | present | the weary weary lady | the sup of milk *not said here* | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sup=Theme | 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 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/154/) - next →: [sentence 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/156/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/)