--- title: “Oh, I forgot!” he exclaimed, turning round, as he was about to driv… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, I forgot!” he exclaimed, turning round, as he was about to drive them in the opposite direction, “you must be sure not to open the bag until you have gone at least five miles, right on the other side of those hills out there. Who acts: fox, you. 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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 (fox, you), 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:pg3282:27:24 # text = “Oh, I forgot!” he exclaimed, turning round, as he was about to drive them in the opposite direction, “you must be sure not to open the bag until you have gone at least five miles, right on the other side of those hills out there. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 12 round round ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 parataxis _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 until until SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 42 nmod _ _ 42 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 right right ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 53 out out ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** *in a quote* | past | fox | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **turn round** | gerund | fox *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | fox | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **drive** | to-infinitive | fox *not said here* | doubts *= doubt* | | the opposite direction | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in direction=Destination | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **open** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the bag | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bag=Theme | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | five miles | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mile=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/25/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/)