--- title: ‘Thank you, thank you,’ said the shark, showing all his great ugly t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Thank you, thank you,’ said the shark, showing all his great ugly teeth as he grinned with delight; ‘you can’t guess how happy you have made me,’ and he swam away into the shadow, hoping to sleep away the time till the monkey came again. Who acts: first, you, monkey. 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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 (first, you, monkey), 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:pg3454:5:37 # text = ‘Thank you, thank you,’ said the shark, showing all his great ugly teeth as he grinned with delight; ‘you can’t guess how happy you have made me,’ and he swam away into the shadow, hoping to sleep away the time till the monkey came again. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 shark shark NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 grinned grin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 28 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 31 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 away away ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl:unmarked _ _ 52 till till SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 56 again again ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | | | you | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | | | you | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the shark | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent shark=Topic | | 4 | **show** | gerund | | first's great ugly teeth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tooth=Recipient | | 5 | **grin** | past | first | | | | | with delight | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **guess** | can | you | | | | | happy *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **make** | present · perfect | you | me | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Product | | 8 | **swim away** | past | first | | | the shadow | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into shadow=Destination | | 9 | **hope** | gerund | first *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 10 | **sleep away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | first *not said here* | | | | time | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **come** | past | the monkey | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/38/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/)