--- title: 'You are at the bottom of this, I know,' she cried; and as the fathe… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'You are at the bottom of this, I know,' she cried; and as the father was out of the way she took a stick and beat the girl till she screamed with pain and went to bed sobbing. Who acts: You, I, evil, father. 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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 (You, I, evil, father), 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:pg3027:12:73 # text = 'You are at the bottom of this, I know,' she cried; and as the father was out of the way she took a stick and beat the girl till she screamed with pain and went to bed sobbing. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 advcl _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 sobbing sob VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | the bottom | | of this | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | evil | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the father | | | the way | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | past | evil | a stick | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | | 6 | **beat** | infinitive | evil *not said here* | the girl | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location girl=Theme | | 7 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | evil | | | | | with pain | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with pain=Theme | | 8 | **go** | past | evil *not said here* | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **sob** | gerund | evil *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/)