--- title: “Yes, and there’s no ferry-boat either,” answered Grettel; “but look… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes, and there’s no ferry-boat either,” answered Grettel; “but look, there swims a white duck; if I ask her she’ll help us over,” and she called out: Who acts: Grettel, duck. 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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 (Grettel, duck), 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:pg503:35:123 # text = “Yes, and there’s no ferry-boat either,” answered Grettel; “but look, there swims a white duck; if I ask her she’ll help us over,” and she called out: 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 8 ferry ferry NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 14 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 Grettel Grettel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 22 expl _ _ 22 swims swim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 34 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 over over ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Grettel | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **swim** *in a quote* | present | | a white duck | | there | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location duck=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Grettel | | duck | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 5 | **help over** *in a quote* | future | duck | | us | | | over *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | | 6 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past | duck | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/124/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grettel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/)