--- title: “Oh, how stupid of me not to think of that before!” said he, and he… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, how stupid of me not to think of that before!” said he, and he wished with all his might that the Bad One should become very hungry—so hungry that he could not wait a moment for fresh food to be brought to him. Who acts: sight, Bad One. 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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 (sight, Bad One), 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:pg3282:7:21 # text = “Oh, how stupid of me not to think of that before!” said he, and he wished with all his might that the Bad One should become very hungry—so hungry that he could not wait a moment for fresh food to be brought to him. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 think think VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obl _ _ 13 before before ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 with with SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 One one NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 — - PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | of that; before *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | sight | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wish** | past | sight | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **become** | should | the Bad One | | | | | hungry *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **not** **wait** | could | sight | | | | moment | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bring** | to-infinitive · passive | sight *not said here* | | sight | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to he=Destination | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/22/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/)