--- title: “Don’t be fools,” he said to them; “what’s the good of beginning to… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Don’t be fools,” he said to them; “what’s the good of beginning to fight among ourselves, when it is so necessary for the three of us to work together and get the upper hand over the king of this country. Who acts: fools. 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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 (fools), 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:pg2435:30:12 # text = “Don’t be fools,” he said to them; “what’s the good of beginning to fight among ourselves, when it is so necessary for the three of us to work together and get the upper hand over the king of this country. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 fools fool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 18 of of SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 among among ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 expl _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 37 together together ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | fools | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fools | | giants *= giant* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 3 | **begin** *in a quote* | gerund | fools *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **fight** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | fools *not said here* | | | | | among ourselves | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | fools *not said here* | | | | | for the three of us; necessary *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **work together** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | fools *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | fools *not said here* | the upper hand | | | | over the king of this country | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hand=Stimulus | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/13/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/)