--- title: “I am ready now,” said the wolverine after a bit; “just at first you… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I am ready now,” said the wolverine after a bit; “just at first you will find that the berries make your eyes smart, but you must be careful not to move, or the juice will run out, and then it will have to be done all over again.” Who acts: wolverine, you, berries, juice. 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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 (wolverine, you, berries, juice), 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:pg3282:17:20 # text = “I am ready now,” said the wolverine after a bit; “just at first you will find that the berries make your eyes smart, but you must be careful not to move, or the juice will run out, and then it will have to be done all over again.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wolverine wolverine NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 just just ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 obl _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 berries berry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 juice juice NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 parataxis _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 xcomp _ _ 54 all all ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 over over ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 56 again again ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the wolverine *= wolverine* | | | | now | ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the wolverine | | | | after a bit | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | present | the berries | your eyes | | | | smart *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material eye=Product | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **move** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **run out** *in a quote* | future | the juice | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | future | juice | | | | then | | tree rules | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | juice *not said here* | | | | again | over *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/21/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/)