--- title: “Do not shoot, I pray you, noble prince,” cried the stork; “I have t… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Do not shoot, I pray you, noble prince,” cried the stork; “I have two little sons at home; they will die of hunger if I am not there to bring them food.” Who acts: stork, sons. 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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 (stork, sons), 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:pg2435:21:4 # text = “Do not shoot, I pray you, noble prince,” cried the stork; “I have two little sons at home; they will die of hunger if I am not there to bring them food.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **shoot** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | the stork *= stork* | you | | | | noble prince *obl* | tree rules | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the stork | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the stork *= stork* | two little sons | | home | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 5 | **die** *in a quote* | future | sons *= son* | | | | | of hunger | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of hunger=Causer | | 6 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the stork *= stork* | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the stork *= stork* *not said here* | sons *= son* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination food=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/5/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)