--- title: “Ah, ah!” said he; “I see then how thou wouldst cheat me, thou curse… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Ah, ah!” said he; “I see then how thou wouldst cheat me, thou cursed woman; I know not why I do not eat thee up too, but it is well for thee that thou art a tough old carrion. Who acts: ogre, thou, word. 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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 (ogre, thou, word), 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:pg503:33:77 # text = “Ah, ah!” said he; “I see then how thou wouldst cheat me, thou cursed woman; I know not why I do not eat thee up too, but it is well for thee that thou art a tough old carrion. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 ah ah INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 16 wouldst would AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 cheat cheat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 21 cursed curse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 22 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 27 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 32 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 34 too too ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 nmod:unmarked _ _ 43 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 44 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 tough tough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 carrion carrion NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ogre | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | present | ogre | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **cheat** *in a quote* | would | thou | ogre | | | then | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Source | | 4 | **curse** *in a quote* | past | thou | woman | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme | | 5 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | ogre | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **eat up** *in a quote* | present · do-support | ogre | thee | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | word | | | | | for thee; that *nmod:unmarked*; well *property* | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/78/) - ↑ back to [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/)