--- title: You are the biggest,” he said to the third, “so you shall be the ogr… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: You are the biggest,” he said to the third, “so you shall be the ogre who wants to eat me; and you,” to another, “are very little, therefore you shall be me. Who acts: You, biggest, ogre. 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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, biggest, ogre), 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:pg2435:29:70 # text = You are the biggest,” he said to the third, “so you shall be the ogre who wants to eat me; and you,” to another, “are very little, therefore you shall be me. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the biggest | | another | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to another=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | shall | you | the ogre | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **want** | present | the ogre | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the ogre *not said here* | me | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | the biggest *not said here* | | | | | little *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | shall | you | me | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/71/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/)