--- title: “Now you must fix on a spot for your cow-stalls,” said the girl, whe… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Now you must fix on a spot for your cow-stalls,” said the girl, when they had breakfasted off wild cherries; “and take care it is the proper size, neither too large nor too small.” Who acts: you, girl, words, care. 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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, girl, words, care), 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:pg3282:20:57 # text = “Now you must fix on a spot for your cow-stalls,” said the girl, when they had breakfasted off wild cherries; “and take care it is the proper size, neither too large nor too small.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 11 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 stalls stall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 breakfasted breakfast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl _ _ 24 off off ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 cherries cherry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 31 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 40 cc:preconj _ _ 39 too too ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ _ 41 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 43 cc _ _ 42 too too ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** *in a quote* | must | you | | | a spot for your cow stalls | now | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **breakfast** | past · perfect | words *= word* | | | | | off wild cherries | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | care | the proper size | | | | | tree rules | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/58/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/)