--- title: "Sister Anne" (for that was her name), "go up I beg you, upon the to… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "Sister Anne" (for that was her name), "go up I beg you, upon the top of the tower, and look if my brothers are not coming; they promised me that they would come to-day, and if you see them, give them a sign to make haste." Who acts: that, floor, brothers, you. 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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 (that, floor, brothers, you), 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:pg29021:8:27 # text = "Sister Anne" (for that was her name), "go up I beg you, upon the top of the tower, and look if my brothers are not coming; they promised me that they would come to-day, and if you see them, give them a sign to make haste." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sister Sister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Anne Anne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 upon upon ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 53 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 iobj _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 59 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | that | | | | | for Anne's name | tree rules | | 2 | **go up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | floor | | you | | | upon the top of the tower | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 4 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **come** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · progressive | my brothers | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past | brothers *= brother* | | floor | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** *not said to happen, in a quote* | would | brothers *= brother* | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | brothers *= brother* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 9 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a sign | brothers *= brother* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient sign=Theme | | 10 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | haste | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset haste=Product | 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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/28/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/)