--- title: ‘And how are you going to stop that, my fine fellow?’ inquired the k… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘And how are you going to stop that, my fine fellow?’ inquired the korigan; and Peronnik showed him the snare he had prepared, and remarked that no bird could possible escape from it. Who acts: you, Peronnik, bird. 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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, Peronnik, bird), 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:pg3454:27:34 # text = ‘And how are you going to stop that, my fine fellow?’ inquired the korigan; and Peronnik showed him the snare he had prepared, and remarked that no bird could possible escape from it. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 16 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 korigan korigan NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 Peronnik Peronnik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 snare snare NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 remarked remark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 advcl _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · progressive | you | my fine fellow | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | that | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality that=Eventuality | | 3 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | | the korigan | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent korigan=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **show** | past | Peronnik | the snare | magician | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient snare=Topic | | 5 | **prepare** | past · perfect | Peronnik | the snare *not said here* | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snare=Patient | | 6 | **remark** *speech: assert* | participle | Peronnik *not said here* | | | | | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **escape** | could | no bird | | | escape | | | 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 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/35/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/)