--- title: And Thakane answered: “I was crying for my baby—I cannot hide her fo… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And Thakane answered: “I was crying for my baby—I cannot hide her for ever, and if the ogre sees her, he will eat her; and I would rather she was drowned than that.” Who acts: Thakane, ogre. 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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 (Thakane, ogre), 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:pg3282:16:9 # text = And Thakane answered: “I was crying for my baby—I cannot hide her for ever, and if the ogre sees her, he will eat her; and I would rather she was drowned than that.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Thakane Thakane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 36 rather rather ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 40 than than ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Thakane | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past · progressive | Thakane | | | | | for my baby | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for baby=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **hide** *in a quote* | can | Thakane | Thakane | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 4 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the ogre | Thakane | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | future | ogre | Thakane | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 6 | **drown** *in a quote* | would · passive | | Thakane | | | | than that | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/10/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/)