--- title: I knew it!' she cried, weeping bitterly, till the mink told her rude… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I knew it!' she cried, weeping bitterly, till the mink told her rudely that if she wanted to make so much noise she had better do it outside as he liked to be quiet. Who acts: I, help, mink, much noise. 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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 (I, help, mink, much noise), 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:pg3027:34:32 # text = I knew it!' she cried, weeping bitterly, till the mink told her rudely that if she wanted to make so much noise she had better do it outside as he liked to be quiet. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 till till SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mink mink NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 rudely rudely ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 punct _ _ 30 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 outside outside ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | I | skin | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | help | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **weep** | gerund | help *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the mink | | help | | | rudely *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 5 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | help | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | help *not said here* | much noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 7 | **have** | past | help | much noise *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | infinitive | much noise *not said here* | skin | | | | outside *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 9 | **like** | past | Wolf | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | | 10 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Wolf *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/33/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/)