--- title: “Well,” said he, “if I were as foolish as you two, I would also fly… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Well,” said he, “if I were as foolish as you two, I would also fly into a rage, but I begin to see what time of day it is, and I’m going off this minute to see who it is that’s playing these tricks with us.” Who acts: bullet, Thrice. 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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 (bullet, Thrice), 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:pg2435:30:18 # text = “Well,” said he, “if I were as foolish as you two, I would also fly into a rage, but I begin to see what time of day it is, and I’m going off this minute to see who it is that’s playing these tricks with us.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 also also ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 begin begin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 32 det _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 41 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 xcomp _ _ 42 off off ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 50 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 52 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 xcomp _ _ 53 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 54 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | bullet | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | bullet | | | | | as you; foolish *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fly** *in a quote* | would | bullet | | | | | into a rage *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into rage=Result | | 4 | **begin** *in a quote* | present | bullet | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | bullet *not said here* | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | present | Thrice | what time of day *not said here* | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot time=Theme | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | bullet | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go off** *in a quote* | gerund | bullet *not said here* | | | | minute | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | bullet *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Thrice | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **play** *in a quote* | gerund | bullet *not said here* | this tricks | | | | with us | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent trick=Theme with we=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/19/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/)