--- title: 'You are ugly,' said the wild ducks, when they had looked him well o… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'You are ugly,' said the wild ducks, when they had looked him well over; 'but, however, it is no business of ours, unless you wish to marry one of our daughters, and that we should not allow.' Who acts: You, wild ducks, yard, 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 (You, wild ducks, yard, 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:pg3027:9:29 # text = 'You are ugly,' said the wild ducks, when they had looked him well over; 'but, however, it is no business of ours, unless you wish to marry one of our daughters, and that we should not allow.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 however however ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 ours our PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | ugly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **look over** | past · perfect | the wild ducks | rest | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Attribute | | 4 | **is a** | present | yard | no business | | | | of ours; however *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | one of our daughters | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 7 | **not** **allow** | should | we | | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/)