--- title: When the little man arrived on the following day she began with Kasp… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the little man arrived on the following day she began with Kasper, Melchior, Belshazzar, and all the other names she knew, in a string, but at each one the manikin called out: “That’s not my name.” Who acts: little man, Queen, other names, That. 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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 (little man, Queen, other names, That), 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:pg503:13:221 # text = When the little man arrived on the following day she began with Kasper, Melchior, Belshazzar, and all the other names she knew, in a string, but at each one the manikin called out: “That’s not my name.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Kasper Kasper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Melchior Melchior PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Belshazzar Belshazzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 manikin manikin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 37 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 38 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | the little man | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | Queen | | | | | with Kasper and Melchior and Belshazzar | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with kasper=Subeventuality | | 4 | **know** | past | all other names | | | a string | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | | the one manikin *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | my name | | | | | 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 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 220](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/220/) - next →: [sentence 222](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/222/) - ↑ 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/)