--- title: “I will go now and see what I can get out of the pussies,” said Pepp… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I will go now and see what I can get out of the pussies,” said Peppina, the elder girl, one morning, as she took Lizina’s basket and fastened her pockets into her own skirt. Who acts: Peppina. 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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 (Peppina), 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:pg2435:36:47 # text = “I will go now and see what I can get out of the pussies,” said Peppina, the elder girl, one morning, as she took Lizina’s basket and fastened her pockets into her own skirt. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 pussies pussy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 Peppina Peppina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 31 Lizina Lizina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 skirt skirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | future | Peppina | | | | now | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | Peppina *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **get out** *in a quote* | can | Peppina | the pussies | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Peppina | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** | past | Peppina | Lizina's basket | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme | | 6 | **fasten** | past | Peppina *not said here* | Peppina's pockets | | | | into Peppina's own skirt | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent pocket=Patient into skirt=Co-Patient | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/48/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/)