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title: “Now you see what has happened through your own obstinacy,” said she… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: “Now you see what has happened through your own obstinacy,” said she; “but we must lose no time, for your father will soon be coming home.” Who acts: you, giantess, we, father. A sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33, with its dependency tree and the pr
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33, sentence 35

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“Now you see what has happened through your own obstinacy,” said she; “but we must lose no time, for your father will soon be coming home.”

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**Who acts:** you, giantess, we, father · **What happens:** see, happen, say, lose, come · **To what, where:** own obstinacy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, giantess, we, father), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2435:33:35
# text = “Now you see what has happened through your own obstinacy,” said she; “but we must lose no time, for your father will soon be coming home.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	obstinacy	obstinacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
14	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
17	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	ccomp	_	_
22	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	23	det	_	_
23	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
25	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
26	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
28	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
29	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	31	advmod	_	_
30	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	aux	_	_
31	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
32	home	home	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **happen** *in a quote* | present · perfect |  |  |  | your own obstinacy |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through obstinacy=Location |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | giantess |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **lose** *in a quote* | must | we |  |  |  | time |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **come** *in a quote* | future · progressive | your father |  |  |  |  | home, soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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