--- title: 'I can't stop to listen to your "buts" and "yets,"' broke in the wol… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'I can't stop to listen to your "buts" and "yets,"' broke in the wolf rudely; 'let us get to the point, and the point is that I want to eat you and not talk to you.' Who acts: I, yets, us, point. 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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, yets, us, point), 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:pg3027:6:85 # text = 'I can't stop to listen to your "buts" and "yets,"' broke in the wolf rudely; 'let us get to the point, and the point is that I want to eat you and not talk to you.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 buts but NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 yets yet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 19 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 rudely rudely ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:outer _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stop** | can | I | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **listen** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | to your buts | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to but=Theme | | 3 | **break** | past | yets | | | the wolf | | rudely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wolf=Location | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | I *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | to the point *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to point=Result | | 6 | **is** | present | the point | | | | | want *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the point *not said here* | you | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 8 | **not** **talk** | infinitive | the point *not said here* | | you | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to you=Co-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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/86/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/)