--- title: “Now we will reckon up accounts,” continued he, and he began at the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Now we will reckon up accounts,” continued he, and he began at the beginning, and ended up with the flower-basket, and at each fresh misdeed Maria pulled the string, so that the doll’s head nodded assent. Who acts: we, king, Maria, head. 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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 (we, king, Maria, head), 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:pg2435:38:94 # text = “Now we will reckon up accounts,” continued he, and he began at the beginning, and ended up with the flower-basket, and at each fresh misdeed Maria pulled the string, so that the doll’s head nodded assent. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 accounts account NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 32 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 misdeed misdeed NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 34 Maria Maria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 so so SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 doll doll NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 46 assent assent NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon up** *in a quote* | future | we | accounts | | | now | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent account=Attribute | | 2 | **continue** | past | king | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **begin** | past | king | | | | at the beginning | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **end up** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | with the flower basket | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **pull** | past | Maria | the string | | each fresh misdeed | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent string=Theme at misdeed=Asset | | 6 | **nod** | past | the doll's head | assent | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assent=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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/95/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/)