--- title: “Alas! where are now our poor children? they would make a good feast… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Alas! where are now our poor children? they would make a good feast of what we have left here; but it was you, William, who had a mind to lose them: I told you we should repent of it. Who acts: children, we, feast, William. 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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 (children, we, feast, William), 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:pg503:33:31 # text = “Alas! where are now our poor children? they would make a good feast of what we have left here; but it was you, William, who had a mind to lose them: I told you we should repent of it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 7 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nmod _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 William William PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 repent repent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** *in a quote* | would | children *= child* | a good feast | | | | William *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset feast=Product | | 3 | **leave** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | feast | you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | past | William | a mind | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **lose** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a mind *not said here* | children *= child* | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **repent** *in a quote* | should | we | | | | | of feast | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/32/) - ↑ back to [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/)