--- title: ‘As you have said so much you will have to say a little more,’ retor… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘As you have said so much you will have to say a little more,’ retorted the old man, a suspicion of what she meant darting across him; and the woman, nothing loth, answered as before. Who acts: you, Daughter. 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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 (you, Daughter), 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:pg3454:19:10 # text = ‘As you have said so much you will have to say a little more,’ retorted the old man, a suspicion of what she meant darting across him; and the woman, nothing loth, answered as before. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 As as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 18 retorted retort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 suspicion suspicion NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 darting dart VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 xcomp _ _ 30 across across ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 35 conj _ _ 38 loth loth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 answered answer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 before before ADV RB _ 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** | future | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | more | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic | | 4 | **retort** *speech: other* | past | | the old man a suspicion of the old man a suspicion of the old man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **mean** | past | Daughter | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **dart** *not said to happen* | gerund | Daughter *not said here* | | | | | across man | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across he=Trajectory | | 7 | **answer** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **suspect** | | | the old man a suspicion of the old man a suspicion | | | | | nom suspicion «cognition transitive»: of=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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/11/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/)