--- title: "What! you dirty impudent slut," said the cook, "you go among all th… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "What! you dirty impudent slut," said the cook, "you go among all the fine lords and ladies with your filthy catskin? a fine figure you'd cut!" and with that she took a basin of water and dashed it into Catskin's face. Who acts: you, dirty impudent slut, slut. 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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 (you, dirty impudent slut, slut), 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:pg14241:31:87 # text = "What! you dirty impudent slut," said the cook, "you go among all the fine lords and ladies with your filthy catskin? a fine figure you'd cut!" and with that she took a basin of water and dashed it into Catskin's face. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 impudent impudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 slut slut NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 among among ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 filthy filthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 catskin catskin NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ? ? PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 obl _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 dashed dash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 into into ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 Catskin Catskin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 's 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slut** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | dirty impudent slut | the cook | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme cook=Manner | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | present | you | a fine figure | | | | among all fine lords and ladies; with your filthy catskin | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with catskin=Beneficiary | | 4 | **cut** *in a quote* | would | you | a fine figure *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent figure=Product | | 5 | **take** | past | slut | a basin of water | | | | with that | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basin=Theme | | 6 | **dash** | past | slut *not said here* | cook | | | | into Catskin's face *result* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient into face=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/88/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/)