--- title: Before she sat down to eat the bullock’s heart she turned to the you… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Before she sat down to eat the bullock’s heart she turned to the young man, and said: “You did not do that all alone, my friend; but, nevertheless, I will keep my word, and to-morrow you shall go your way.” Who acts: Scarcely, You, my. 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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 (Scarcely, You, my), 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:pg2435:22:67 # text = Before she sat down to eat the bullock’s heart she turned to the young man, and said: “You did not do that all alone, my friend; but, nevertheless, I will keep my word, and to-morrow you shall go your way.” 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 obj _ _ 28 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | Scarcely | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Scarcely *not said here* | the bullock's heart | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 3 | **turn** | past | Scarcely | the bullock's heart *not said here* | | | | to the young man *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent heart=Theme to man=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Scarcely *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | past · do-support | You | all | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 6 | **keep** *in a quote* | future | Scarcely | my word | | | | nevertheless *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | shall | you | your way | | morrow | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to morrow=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **word** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/68/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/)