--- title: “Oh!” replied the man, “I am condemned to do this, for neither I nor… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh!” replied the man, “I am condemned to do this, for neither I nor any of my family can die till I have dug away the whole of this mountain and made it level with the plain. Who acts: man, neither. 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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 (man, neither), 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:pg2435:18:99 # text = “Oh!” replied the man, “I am condemned to do this, for neither I nor any of my family can die till I have dug away the whole of this mountain and made it level with the plain. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 condemned condemn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 18 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 26 nsubj _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 20 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 21 cc _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 19 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 27 till till SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 dug dig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 level level ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **condemn** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the man *= man* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 4 | **die** *in a quote* | can | neither | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **dig away** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the man *= man* | the whole | | | | away *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | past | the man *= man* *not said here* | basket | | | | level *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/100/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/)