--- title: ‘I should be very silly,’ said he, ‘if I went to that shabby house,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I should be very silly,’ said he, ‘if I went to that shabby house, and left this charming place’; so he went into the smart house, and ate and drank at his ease, and forgot the bird, and his country too. Who acts: I, silly, son. 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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 (I, silly, son), 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:pg2591:2:17 # text = ‘I should be very silly,’ said he, ‘if I went to that shabby house, and left this charming place’; so he went into the smart house, and ate and drank at his ease, and forgot the bird, and his country too. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 18 shabby shabby ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 24 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 52 too too ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | should | I | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | silly | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | son | | | that shabby house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **leave** | past | son *not said here* | this charming place | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | son | | | the smart house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **eat** | past | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drink** | past | son *not said here* | | | son's ease | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **forget** | past | silly *not said here* | the bird | | | | son's country *obl* | tree rules | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/18/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/)