--- title: 'Now, O my people!' he cried, waving his hand, 'you know my name--I… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Now, O my people!' he cried, waving his hand, 'you know my name--I am Makoma, "the Greater"; for have I not slain the crocodiles into the pool where none would venture?' Who acts: people, you, I, none. 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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 (people, you, I, none), 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:pg3027:1:50 # text = 'Now, O my people!' he cried, waving his hand, 'you know my name--I am Makoma, "the Greater"; for have I not slain the crocodiles into the pool where none would venture?' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 O o INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 Makoma Makoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Greater Greater PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 slain slain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 crocodiles crocodile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 42 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 44 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 venture venture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | my people | | | | now | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wave** | gerund | my people *not said here* | boy's hand | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 3 | **know** | present | you | my name | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | present | I | Makoma | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | present | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **slain** | present | I | the crocodiles | | the pool | | | tree rules | | 7 | **venture** | would | none | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **name** | | my | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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/pg3027/1/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/)