--- title: “Oh! you fool,” said she, “then we must all four die of hunger, and… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh! you fool,” said she, “then we must all four die of hunger, and you may just as well go and plane the boards for our coffins”; and she left him no peace till he consented. Who acts: you, woman, we, husband. 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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 (you, woman, we, husband), 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:pg503:35:8 # text = “Oh! you fool,” said she, “then we must all four die of hunger, and you may just as well go and plane the boards for our coffins”; and she left him no peace till he consented. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 all all ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 die die NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 23 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 24 just just ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 27 cc _ _ 26 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 fixed _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 plane plane NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 boards board NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 coffins coffin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 till till SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fool** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **die** *in a quote* | must | we | | | | then | of hunger | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | may | you | the boards | | | | for our coffins | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location board=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | past | woman | husband | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme peace=Attribute | | 6 | **consent** | past | husband | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/9/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grettel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/)