--- title: “You need not speak like that, for I have SEEN you walking,” replied… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “You need not speak like that, for I have SEEN you walking,” replied the wolverine, “though I am quite sure that you could never catch ME!” and he ran a little distance and then stopped to see if the rock was pursuing him; but, to his vexation, the rock was still in the same place. 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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, wolverine, rock, vexation), 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:pg3282:16:65 # text = “You need not speak like that, for I have SEEN you walking,” replied the wolverine, “though I am quite sure that you could never catch ME!” and he ran a little distance and then stopped to see if the rock was pursuing him; but, to his vexation, the rock was still in the same place. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 SEEN see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 csubj:pass _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 walking walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 17 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 wolverine wolverine NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 though though SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 quite quite ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 32 ME I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 43 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 pursuing pursue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 vexation vexation NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 appos _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 62 still still ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | like that | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the wolverine *= wolverine* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **walk** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **reply** *speech: express* | past | the wolverine | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the wolverine *= wolverine* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **catch** *in a quote* | could | you | the wolverine *= wolverine* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **run** | past | Wolverine | a little distance | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme distance=Trajectory | | 8 | **stop** | past | Wolverine *not said here* | | | | then | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **see** | to-infinitive | Wolverine *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **pursue** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | the rock | Wolverine | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 11 | **is** | past | rock's vexation | | | the same place | still | | tree rules | | 12 | **vex** | | rock | | | | | | nom vexation «feeling 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 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/66/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/)