--- title: “I am running away from the mermaid,” replied the boy; but the bee,… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I am running away from the mermaid,” replied the boy; but the bee, like the lion and the bear, was one of those people who never listen to the answers to their questions, and only said: “I am hungry. Who acts: boy, bee, people, I. 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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 (boy, bee, people, I), 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:pg3282:18:30 # text = “I am running away from the mermaid,” replied the boy; but the bee, like the lion and the bear, was one of those people who never listen to the answers to their questions, and only said: “I am hungry. 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 aux _ _ 4 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 listen listen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 answers answer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 45 “ " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the boy *= boy* | | | | | from the mermaid; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from mermaid=Trajectory | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the boy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | past | the bee | one | | | | of that people | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **listen** | present | that people | | | | | to the answers; to answers's questions | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to answer=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **question** | | answers *= answer* | | | | | | nom question «communication 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/31/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/)