--- title: 'You can have a good breakfast at last,' said Gudu, pointing to a he… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'You can have a good breakfast at last,' said Gudu, pointing to a heap of empty shells; never doubting but that Isuro would meekly take the portion shown him, and leave the real nuts for himself. Who acts: You, Gudu, Isuro. 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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, Isuro), 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:pg3027:4:1 # text = 'You can have a good breakfast at last,' said Gudu, pointing to a heap of empty shells; never doubting but that Isuro would meekly take the portion shown him, and leave the real nuts for himself. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 Gudu Gudu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 shells shell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 doubting doubt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 ccomp _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 Isuro Isuro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 meekly meekly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | can | You | a good breakfast | | last | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gudu | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **point** | gerund | Gudu *not said here* | | a heap of empty shells | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to heap=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **doubt** | gerund | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** | would | Isuro | the portion | | | | meekly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Theme | | 6 | **show** | participle | | the portion *not said here* | Isuro | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **leave** | infinitive | | the real nuts | | | | for Isuro | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nut=Theme for himself=Recipient | 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: [Opening, part 3, 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/117/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/)