--- title: 'Oh, I can never do it!' she cried at last, and leaned her head agai… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Oh, I can never do it!' she cried at last, and leaned her head against the loom and wept; but at that instant the door opened, and there entered, one behind another, a procession of cats. Who acts: I, thing, door, cats. 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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, thing, door, cats), 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:pg3027:10:108 # text = 'Oh, I can never do it!' she cried at last, and leaned her head against the loom and wept; but at that instant the door opened, and there entered, one behind another, a procession of cats. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 leaned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 against against ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 loom loom NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obj _ _ 39 behind behind ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | can | I | skein | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | thing | | | last | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location | | 3 | **learn** | past | | thing's head | | | | against the loom | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic | | 4 | **weep** | past | | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **open** | past | the door | | | that instant | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at instant=Location | | 6 | **enter** | past | the door *not said here* | one | | another; there | | a procession of cats *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Destination | | 7 | **proceed** | | cats | | | | | | nom procession «event intransitive»: of=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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/109/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/10/)