--- title: “Alas!” she continued, “if my poor Patypata, my dear Grabugeon, and… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Alas!” she continued, “if my poor Patypata, my dear Grabugeon, and pretty little Tintin, who all died for my sake, were equally well off, I should have nothing left to wish for here!” Who acts: Miranda, little Tintin, 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 (Miranda, little Tintin, 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:pg503:31:52 # text = “Alas!” she continued, “if my poor Patypata, my dear Grabugeon, and pretty little Tintin, who all died for my sake, were equally well off, I should have nothing left to wish for here!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Patypata Patypata PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Grabugeon Grabugeon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 19 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Tintin Tintin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 all all ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 equally equally ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 33 off off ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 38 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 37 obj _ _ 39 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | Miranda | poor Patypata and my dear Grabugeon | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **die** *in a quote* | past | little Tintin | | | | | for my sake; all *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for sake=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | little Tintin | | | | | equally, off, well *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | should | lion | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 5 | **leave** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **wish** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for here=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/53/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)