--- title: ‘Take away that foolish boy,’ cried the girl to the shoemaker at las… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Take away that foolish boy,’ cried the girl to the shoemaker at last, ‘I am tired of him,’ and then suddenly he was able to walk, and betook himself to his home, but he did not tell the others what had happened to him. Who acts: you, I, shoemaker. 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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, I, shoemaker), 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:pg3454:29:95 # text = ‘Take away that foolish boy,’ cried the girl to the shoemaker at last, ‘I am tired of him,’ and then suddenly he was able to walk, and betook himself to his home, but he did not tell the others what had happened to him. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 5 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 9 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 shoemaker shoemaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 28 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 betook betake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 51 nsubj _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 ccomp _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take away** | imperative | you *not said here* | that foolish boy | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | you *not said here* | the girl | the shoemaker | last | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Topic to shoemaker=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | present | I | | | | | of shoemaker; tired *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | shoemaker | | | | then | able, suddenly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **walk** | to-infinitive | shoemaker *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **betake** | past | you *not said here* | shoemaker | | | | to shoemaker's home | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | shoemaker | the others | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent other=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | shoemaker | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/96/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/)