--- title: The Stalo will soon notice this, and will call you to give all the f… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Stalo will soon notice this, and will call you to give all the food to the dogs; but, instead, you must bring it straight to us, as it is three days since we have eaten or drunk. Who acts: Stalo, you, food, we. 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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 (Stalo, you, food, we), 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:pg3027:36:4 # text = The Stalo will soon notice this, and will call you to give all the food to the dogs; but, instead, you must bring it straight to us, as it is three days since we have eaten or drunk. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Stalo Stalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 instead instead ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 straight straight ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 38 since since SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | future | the Stalo | this | | | | soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **call** | future | the Stalo *not said here* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | the Stalo *not said here* | all food | the dogs | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to dog=Recipient | | 4 | **bring** | must | you | food | us | | | instead *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to we=Destination | | 5 | **is** | present | food | | | | as three days | | tree rules | | 6 | **eat** | present · perfect | we | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drink** | participle | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/)