--- title: 'How unlucky you are,' said Gudu, snatching the leaves; 'no sooner h… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'How unlucky you are,' said Gudu, snatching the leaves; 'no sooner had you gone than ever so many people arrived, and washed their hands, as you see, and ate your portion.' Who acts: you, Gudu, many people. 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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, Gudu, many people), 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:pg3027:3:115 # text = 'How unlucky you are,' said Gudu, snatching the leaves; 'no sooner had you gone than ever so many people arrived, and washed their hands, as you see, and ate your portion.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 unlucky unlucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Gudu Gudu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 snatching snatch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 21 than than SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 26 advmod _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **does** | present | you | | | | | unlucky *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gudu | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **snatch** | gerund | Gudu *not said here* | the leaves | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past · perfect | you | | | | | soon *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **arrive** | past | many people | | | | ever | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **wash** | past | many people *not said here* | people's hands | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 7 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **eat** | past | | your portion | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient | 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/pg3027/3/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/116/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/)