--- title: ‘No, I don’t know,’ replied the boy, ‘but someone was standing by th… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘No, I don’t know,’ replied the boy, ‘but someone was standing by the sounding hole on the other side of the steps, and as he would neither give an answer nor go away, I took him for a scoundrel, and threw him downstairs. Who acts: I, someone, boy. 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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, someone, boy), 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:pg2591:57:34 # text = ‘No, I don’t know,’ replied the boy, ‘but someone was standing by the sounding hole on the other side of the steps, and as he would neither give an answer nor go away, I took him for a scoundrel, and threw him downstairs. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 sounding sounding NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 neither neither ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 40 cc _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 scoundrel scoundrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 downstairs downstairs ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | the boy | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | past · progressive | someone | | | | | by the sounding hole on the other side of the steps | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by hole=Location | | 4 | **give** | would | boy | a answer | | | | neither *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme | | 5 | **go away** | infinitive | boy *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **take** | past | I | boy | | | | for a scoundrel | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for scoundrel=Beneficiary | | 7 | **throw** | past | I *not said here* | boy | | | | downstairs *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/35/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/)