--- title: 'Do as I bid you at once,' said the jackal, looking at the hedgehog… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Do as I bid you at once,' said the jackal, looking at the hedgehog so sternly that the little fellow dared say no more, and soon rolled the jars to the window where the jackal lifted them out one by one. Who acts: you, I, little fellow, jackal. 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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, little fellow, jackal), 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:pg3027:18:115 # text = 'Do as I bid you at once,' said the jackal, looking at the hedgehog so sternly that the little fellow dared say no more, and soon rolled the jars to the window where the jackal lifted them out one by one. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bid bid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hedgehog hedgehog NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 sternly sternly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 26 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 27 no no ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 32 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 jars jar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 obj _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bid** | past | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | you *not said here* | the jackal | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent jackal=Topic | | 4 | **look** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | at the hedgehog; sternly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hedgehog=Theme | | 5 | **dare** | past | the little fellow | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the little fellow *not said here* | more | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic | | 7 | **roll** | past | | the jars | | the window | | soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent jar=Theme to window=Trajectory | | 8 | **lift out** | past | the jackal | jars *= jar* | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent they=Theme one=Destination | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/116/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/)