--- title: “Don’t call me names,” she said, “or you will get the worst of it,”… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Don’t call me names,” she said, “or you will get the worst of it,” giving him as she spoke such a violent push that he fell panting into the lemon bushes. Who acts: Maria, you, gardener. 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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 (Maria, you, gardener), 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:pg2435:38:57 # text = “Don’t call me names,” she said, “or you will get the worst of it,” giving him as she spoke such a violent push that he fell panting into the lemon bushes. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 23 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 28 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 31 det:predet _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 push push NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 35 panting pant VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 xcomp _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 lemon lemon NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **call** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | Maria | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme name=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Maria | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | future | you | the worst | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bad=Stimulus | | 4 | **give** | gerund | Maria *not said here* | | gardener | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Maria | such violent push | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fall** | past | gardener | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **pant** | gerund | gardener *not said here* | | | the lemon bushes | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into bush=Recipient | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/58/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/)