--- title: “‘Madam Ragotte,’ said I, ‘when one is at the bottom of a pit where… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “‘Madam Ragotte,’ said I, ‘when one is at the bottom of a pit where one has fully expected to be roasted alive, it is impossible to think of asking such a charming person as you are to marry one! Who acts: Madam, one, you. 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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 (Madam, one, you), 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:pg503:31:30 # text = “‘Madam Ragotte,’ said I, ‘when one is at the bottom of a pit where one has fully expected to be roasted alive, it is impossible to think of asking such a charming person as you are to marry one! 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Madam Madam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 Ragotte Ragotte PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 fully fully ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 roasted roast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ _ 28 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 expl _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 csubj _ _ 35 of of SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 37 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 40 det:predet _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Madam | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | one | | | the bottom | | of a pit | tree rules | | 3 | **expect** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | one | | | | fully *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **roast** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | one *not said here* | | | | | alive *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V» | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Madam *not said here* | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | | | such charming person | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient | | 8 | **does** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | one | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/31/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)