--- title: ‘“Well, I don’t know,” replied the donkey gloomily, “the last time w… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘“Well, I don’t know,” replied the donkey gloomily, “the last time we went he scratched me very badly, and really I was quite afraid.” Who acts: donkey, we, lion. 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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 (donkey, we, lion), 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:pg3454:6:45 # text = ‘“Well, I don’t know,” replied the donkey gloomily, “the last time we went he scratched me very badly, and really I was quite afraid.” 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Well well INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 gloomily gloomily ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 scratched scratch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 really really ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 quite quite ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the donkey *= donkey* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the donkey | | | | | gloomily *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | past | we | the last time *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | | 4 | **scratch** *in a quote* | past | lion | the donkey *= donkey* | | | time | badly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the donkey *= donkey* | | | | | afraid *property* | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/46/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/)