--- title: “Oh, I don’t think he will rob us!” said the boy; and when the man d… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, I don’t think he will rob us!” said the boy; and when the man drew near, he told them his story, which so much interested the stranger that he asked leave to travel with them, as he might be of some use. Who acts: I, boy, man, story. 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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 (I, boy, man, story), 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:pg3282:23:10 # text = “Oh, I don’t think he will rob us!” said the boy; and when the man drew near, he told them his story, which so much interested the stranger that he asked leave to travel with them, as he might be of some use. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 rob rob VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 23 near near ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 much much ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 interested interested ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 40 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 48 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 52 det _ _ 52 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **rob** *in a quote* | future | boy | us | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Source | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the boy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **draw** | past | the man | | | | | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | boy | boy's story and the interested stranger | bushes *= bush* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient story=Topic | | 6 | **stranger** | | boy's story and the interested stranger | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | man | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **leave** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **travel** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with bushes *= bush* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is** | might | man | | | | | of some use | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/11/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/)