--- title: “Collect all the babies in the village the same size as yourself,” a… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Collect all the babies in the village the same size as yourself,” answered the bones; “shave the sides of their heads, and hang white beads round their necks, and tell them that when anybody calls ‘Motikatika,’ they are to answer to it. Who acts: you, bones, anybody. 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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, bones, anybody), 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:pg2435:29:72 # text = “Collect all the babies in the village the same size as yourself,” answered the bones; “shave the sides of their heads, and hang white beads round their necks, and tell them that when anybody calls ‘Motikatika,’ they are to answer to it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Collect collect VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 16 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 shave shave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 hang hang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 beads bead NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 round round ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 necks neck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 42 nsubj _ _ 42 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 43 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Motikatika Motikatika PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **collect** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | all babies | | the village | | as yourself; the same size *obl:unmarked* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the bones | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **shave** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the sides of bones's heads | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient | | 4 | **hang** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | white beads | | | | round bones's necks | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bead=Patient | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | beads *= bead* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 6 | **call** *in a quote* | present | anybody | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **does** *in a quote* | present | bones *= bone* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | bones *= bone* *not said here* | | neck | | | | vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to it=Co-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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/73/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/)