--- title: "Yes, he will," said the little bull-calf, "so you climb up that tre… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Yes, he will," said the little bull-calf, "so you climb up that tree, so that no one can come nigh you but the monkeys, and if they come the cheese crud will save you. Who acts: little bull calf, you, one, monkeys. 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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 bull calf, you, one, monkeys), 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:pg14241:30:86 # text = "Yes, he will," said the little bull-calf, "so you climb up that tree, so that no one can come nigh you but the monkeys, and if they come the cheese crud will save you. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 climb climb VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 28 mark _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 29 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 parataxis _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 crud crud NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 parataxis _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | the little bull calf | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **climb up** *in a quote* | present | you | that tree | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | can | no one | | | | | nigh *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | monkeys *= monkey* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **save** *in a quote* | future | the cheese crud | you | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/87/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/)