--- title: “Oh, it is ragged enough,” answered they, “but it was left us by our… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, it is ragged enough,” answered they, “but it was left us by our father, and if any man wraps it round him no one can see him; and we each want it for our own.” Who acts: cloth, sails, father, man. 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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 (cloth, sails, father, man), 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:pg3282:24:71 # text = “Oh, it is ragged enough,” answered they, “but it was left us by our father, and if any man wraps it round him no one can see him; and we each want it for our own.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 ragged ragged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 7 enough enough ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 18 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 wraps wrap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 round round ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 31 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 32 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 40 advmod _ _ 40 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cloth | | | | | enough, ragged *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | sails *= sail* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** *in a quote* | past · passive | our father | cloth | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent subject=Theme we=Attribute | | 4 | **wrap** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | any man | cloth | | | | round father | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | can | no one | man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | we | cloth | | | | for our own | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/72/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/)