--- title: “I am coming, mother,” replied he; but first he took out his bones,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I am coming, mother,” replied he; but first he took out his bones, and, crouching down on the ground behind the hut, asked them how he should escape the ogre. Who acts: Motikatika. 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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 (Motikatika), 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:pg2435:29:89 # text = “I am coming, mother,” replied he; but first he took out his bones, and, crouching down on the ground behind the hut, asked them how he should escape the ogre. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 crouching crouch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 23 down down ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 behind behind ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Motikatika | mother | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Motikatika | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take out** | past | Motikatika | Motikatika's bones | | | | first *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme | | 4 | **crouch down** | gerund | Motikatika *not said here* | | | the ground | | behind the hut; down *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Location | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Motikatika *not said here* | | bones *= bone* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **escape** | should | Motikatika | the ogre | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ogre=Initial\_Location | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/90/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/29/)