--- title: “Make sure for yourself that I am speaking the truth by hiding among… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Make sure for yourself that I am speaking the truth by hiding among the bushes the first time Thakane says she is going to bathe in the river, and waiting till the girl appears.” Who acts: I, Thakane, girl. 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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, Thakane, girl), 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:pg3282:16:28 # text = “Make sure for yourself that I am speaking the truth by hiding among the bushes the first time Thakane says she is going to bathe in the river, and waiting till the girl appears.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 by by SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 14 among among ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 amod _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 Thakane Thakane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 21 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 bathe bathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 parataxis _ _ 33 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | the truth | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hide** *in a quote* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | the bushes | time | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among bush=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Thakane | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **bathe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Thakane *not said here* | | | | | in the river | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in river=Theme | | 7 | **wait** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **appear** *in a quote* | present | the girl | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/29/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/)