--- title: 'Look what I have caught,' she said gaily; 'but it is almost a pity… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Look what I have caught,' she said gaily; 'but it is almost a pity to eat it, for it can talk, and it declares that, if I kill it, it will turn me into a fish too.' Who acts: you, girl, fish, I. 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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, girl, fish, I), 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:pg3027:25:10 # text = 'Look what I have caught,' she said gaily; 'but it is almost a pity to eat it, for it can talk, and it declares that, if I kill it, it will turn me into a fish too.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 obj _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 gaily gaily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 almost almost ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 declares declare VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 kill kill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 too too ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Attribute | | 2 | **catch** | present · perfect · passive | | I | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | | | | gaily *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | fish | a pity | | | | almost *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | fish | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **talk** | can | fish | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **declare** *speech: other* | present | fish | that | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Attribute | | 8 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | fish | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 9 | **turn** | future | fish | me | | | | into a fish | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme i=Result | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/)