--- title: “Oh, do ask Lucky Luck,” cried the brook, “why, though I am such a c… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, do ask Lucky Luck,” cried the brook, “why, though I am such a clear, bright, rapid stream I never have a fish or any other living creature in my waters.” Who acts: brook. 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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 (brook), 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:pg2435:2:82 # text = “Oh, do ask Lucky Luck,” cried the brook, “why, though I am such a clear, bright, rapid stream I never have a fish or any other living creature in my waters.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 6 Lucky Lucky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 Luck Luck PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 17 though though SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 19 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 20 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 27 det:predet _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 22 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 rapid rapid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 advcl _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 amod _ _ 37 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | Lucky | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lucky=Recipient | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the brook | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the brook *= brook* | such clear bright rapid stream | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | present | the brook *= brook* | a fish or any other living creature in my waters | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | | 5 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/83/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/)