--- title: Then he cried: “Ha! ha! that’s most likely my little cousin who only… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he cried: “Ha! ha! that’s most likely my little cousin who only died a few days ago”; and beckoning with his finger he called out: “Come, my small cousin, come.” Who acts: man, that, little cousin. 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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 (man, that, little cousin), 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:pg503:13:145 # text = Then he cried: “Ha! ha! that’s most likely my little cousin who only died a few days ago”; and beckoning with his finger he called out: “Come, my small cousin, come.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Ha ha INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 8 ha ha INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 12 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 13 advmod _ _ 13 likely likely ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 ago ago ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 beckoning beckon VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | man | | | | then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | my little cousin | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **die** *in a quote* | past | my little cousin | | | | | ago *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **beckon out** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | with man's finger | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past | man | man's finger *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent finger=Recipient | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | my small cousin | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/144/) - next →: [sentence 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/146/) - ↑ back to [The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/)