--- title: Now amongst the dogs there was one so old that he had only two teeth… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now amongst the dogs there was one so old that he had only two teeth left in his head, and he spoke to the wolves, saying: “So long as I have my two teeth still in my head, I will let no harm be done to my master.” Who acts: lamb, harm. 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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 (lamb, harm), 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:pg2435:6:50 # text = Now amongst the dogs there was one so old that he had only two teeth left in his head, and he spoke to the wolves, saying: “So long as I have my two teeth still in my head, I will let no harm be done to my master.” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 16 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 So so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 39 still still ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 47 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 48 det _ _ 48 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 xcomp _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | lamb | two teeth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | participle | | two teeth *not said here* | | | | in lamb's head *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in head=Result | | 3 | **is** | past | lamb | | | | | to the wolves; speak *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | lamb *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | lamb | my two teeth | | my head | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | future | lamb | no harm | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | no harm *not said here* | | | | | to my master | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/51/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/)