--- title: “Because she does nothing but annoy me all day long,” replied Curdke… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Because she does nothing but annoy me all day long,” replied Curdken; and he proceeded to relate all her iniquities, and said: “Every morning as we drive the flock through the dark gate she says to a horse’s head that hangs on the wall: Who acts: Curdken, we, mother, head. 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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 (Curdken, we, mother, head), 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:pg503:37:64 # text = “Because she does nothing but annoy me all day long,” replied Curdken; and he proceeded to relate all her iniquities, and said: “Every morning as we drive the flock through the dark gate she says to a horse’s head that hangs on the wall: 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 annoy annoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 14 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 Curdken Curdken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 relate relate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 iniquities iniquity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 drive drive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **annoy** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | Curdken | | | day | long *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Curdken | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **proceed** | past | Curdken | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **relate** | to-infinitive | Curdken *not said here* | mother's iniquities | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Curdken *not said here* | | | | morning | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **drive** *in a quote* | present | we | the flock | | the dark gate | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent flock=Theme through gate=Trajectory | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | mother | | a horse's head | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to head=Recipient | | 8 | **hang** *in a quote* | present | a horse's head | | | the wall | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/65/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/)