--- title: “The first day that I can spare I shall just go back and kill her,”… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “The first day that I can spare I shall just go back and kill her,” he said; “it would never do for people in the forest to know that a mere girl can defy me!” Who acts: first day, giant, door, mere girl. 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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 (first day, giant, door, mere girl), 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:pg3282:28:36 # text = “The first day that I can spare I shall just go back and kill her,” he said; “it would never do for people in the forest to know that a mere girl can defy me!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 defy defy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spare** *in a quote* | can | the first day | | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go back** *in a quote* | shall | giant | | | | day | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive | giant *not said here* | Kisa | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | giant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | would | door | | | the forest | | for people | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | door *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **defy** *in a quote* | can | a mere girl | giant | | | | | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/37/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/)