--- title: “Poor chatterpie,” said he; “who taught you to say that name, which… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Poor chatterpie,” said he; “who taught you to say that name, which belongs to an unlucky mortal who wishes the earth would open and swallow up him and his memory for ever?” Who acts: Poor chatterpie, name, unlucky mortal, earth. 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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 (Poor chatterpie, name, unlucky mortal, earth), 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:pg3282:32:18 # text = “Poor chatterpie,” said he; “who taught you to say that name, which belongs to an unlucky mortal who wishes the earth would open and swallow up him and his memory for ever?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 chatterpie chatterpie NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 belongs belong VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 unlucky unlucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 mortal mortal NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Poor chatterpie | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | that name | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 4 | **belong** *in a quote* | present | that name | | | | | to a unlucky mortal | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | a unlucky mortal | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **open** *in a quote* | would | the earth | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **swallow up** *in a quote* | infinitive | the earth *not said here* | earth | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/19/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/)