--- title: “You are no good at all,” cried the wolverine crossly, for it was su… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “You are no good at all,” cried the wolverine crossly, for it was suffering great pain, “and if you cannot get me free, I shall see what my friends the lightning and thunder can do.” Who acts: You, wolverine, course, cattle. 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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, course, cattle), 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:pg3282:16:86 # text = “You are no good at all,” cried the wolverine crossly, for it was suffering great pain, “and if you cannot get me free, I shall see what my friends the lightning and thunder can do.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wolverine wolverine NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 crossly crossly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 suffering suffer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 43 obj _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You | | | all | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the wolverine | | | | | crossly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **suffer** | past · progressive | course | great pain | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **get** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | you | cattle | | | | free *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | cattle | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | can | my friends | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/87/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/)