--- title: “I am as good a wizard as you,” he said suddenly, and a cold chill r… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I am as good a wizard as you,” he said suddenly, and a cold chill ran through the tanuki as he heard him, though he laughed, and pretended to think it a joke. Who acts: Tanuki, cold chill, joke. 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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 (Tanuki, cold chill, joke), 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:pg2435:32:46 # text = “I am as good a wizard as you,” he said suddenly, and a cold chill ran through the tanuki as he heard him, though he laughed, and pretended to think it a joke. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wizard wizard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 chill chill NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 through through ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 tanuki tanuki NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 though though SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Tanuki | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | | Tanuki *not said here* | | | | | as you | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tanuki | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **run** | past | a cold chill | | | the tanuki | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through tanuki=Trajectory | | 5 | **hear** | past | Tanuki | chill | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **laugh** | past | Tanuki | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pretend** | past | Tanuki *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | a joke | plan | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/47/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/)