--- title: 'I positively must get a good meal before I go back to my den,' he s… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'I positively must get a good meal before I go back to my den,' he said to himself; 'it is nearly a week since I have tasted anything but scraps, though perhaps no one would think it to look at my figure! Who acts: I, Wolf, meal, one. 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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, Wolf, meal, one), 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:pg3027:6:50 # text = 'I positively must get a good meal before I go back to my den,' he said to himself; 'it is nearly a week since I have tasted anything but scraps, though perhaps no one would think it to look at my figure! 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 positively positively ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 since since SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 tasted taste VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 32 obj _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 scraps scrap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 though though SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | must | I | a good meal | | | | positively *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meal=Stimulus | | 2 | **go back** | present | I | | | | | to my den *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to den=Result | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Wolf | | Wolf | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** | present | meal | a week | | | | nearly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **taste** | present · perfect | I | anything | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme anything=Attribute | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | would | no one | meal | | | | perhaps *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme | | 7 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | at my figure | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at figure=Theme | | 8 | **figure** | | my | | | | | | nom figure «communication transitive»: poss=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/)