--- title: “I will starve you to death, you son of a dragon,” cried he, when he… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I will starve you to death, you son of a dragon,” cried he, when he saw her dress streaming with blood; and he ordered all the masons and bricklayers in the town to come before him. Who acts: father, you, dress, masons. 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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 (father, you, dress, masons), 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:pg2435:7:58 # text = “I will starve you to death, you son of a dragon,” cried he, when he saw her dress streaming with blood; and he ordered all the masons and bricklayers in the town to come before him. 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 starve starve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 16 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 streaming stream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 masons mason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 bricklayers bricklayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **starve** *in a quote* | future | father | you | | | | to death | tree rules | | 2 | **son** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | of a dragon | tree rules | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | father | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | past | father | nose's dress | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dress=Stimulus | | 5 | **stream** | gerund | nose's dress *not said here* | | | | | with blood | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with blood=Theme | | 6 | **order** | past | father | all masons and bricklayers | | the town | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mason=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | all masons and bricklayers *not said here* | | | | before father | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Location | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/59/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/)