--- title: I have not forgotten you,’ she cried, and one by one she let the gra… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I have not forgotten you,’ she cried, and one by one she let the grains of rice fall into the water, where the fish gobbled them up greedily, for he had never tasted anything so nice. Who acts: I, stream, one, grains. 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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 (I, stream, one, grains), 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:pg3454:22:77 # text = I have not forgotten you,’ she cried, and one by one she let the grains of rice fall into the water, where the fish gobbled them up greedily, for he had never tasted anything so nice. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nsubj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 grains grain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 gobbled gobble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 greedily greedily ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 tasted taste VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 parataxis _ _ 39 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 38 obj _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **forget** | present · perfect | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | stream | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **let** | past | one by one | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fall** | present | the grains of rice | | | | | into the water *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result | | 5 | **gobble up** | past | the fish | grains *= grain* | | | | greedily *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **not** **taste** | past · perfect | fish | anything | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme anything=Attribute | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/78/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/)