--- title: “I should be ashamed of living in such a place,” whispered each to t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I should be ashamed of living in such a place,” whispered each to the other; and the eldest sister spoke of the carved stone over HER doorway, and the second boasted of the number of rooms SHE had. Who acts: I, eldest sister, Helga. 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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, eldest sister, Helga), 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:pg3282:14:32 # text = “I should be ashamed of living in such a place,” whispered each to the other; and the eldest sister spoke of the carved stone over HER doorway, and the second boasted of the number of rooms SHE had. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nsubj _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 11 det:predet _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 14 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 14 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 28 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 over over ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 HER her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 doorway doorway NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 boasted boast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 42 SHE she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | should | I | | | | | ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | such place | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | | 3 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | | each | the other | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent each=Topic to other=Recipient | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the eldest sister | | | | | of the carved stone over Helga's doorway | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **carve** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **boast** *speech: other* | participle | the eldest sister *not said here* | the second | | | | of the number of rooms | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | past | Helga | rooms *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/33/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/)