--- title: 'If there are so many jewels in that little black thing, this big re… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'If there are so many jewels in that little black thing, this big red one will hold twice the number,' she said to herself; and snatching it up she set off on her road home without even going to bid farewell to her mistress. Who acts: this, many jewels, girl. 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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 (this, many jewels, girl), 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:pg3027:11:58 # text = 'If there are so many jewels in that little black thing, this big red one will hold twice the number,' she said to herself; and snatching it up she set off on her road home without even going to bid farewell to her mistress. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 15 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 20 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 19 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 snatching snatch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 csubj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 36 off off ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 home home ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 41 without without SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 even even ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 bid bid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 farewell farewell NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | many jewels | | little black thing | | | tree rules | | 2 | **one** | | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hold** | future | many jewels | the number | | | | twice *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | girl | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | | 5 | **snatch up** | gerund | | number | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **set off** | past | girl | | | girl's road | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | gerund | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **bid** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | farewell | | | | to girl's mistress | 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:** «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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/)