--- title: “Oh! ay, with all my heart, Goody,” said this pretty little girl; an… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh! ay, with all my heart, Goody,” said this pretty little girl; and rinsing immediately the pitcher, she took up some water from the clearest place of the fountain, and gave it to her, holding up the pitcher all the while, that she might drink the easier. Who acts: ay. 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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 (ay), 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:pg503:38:8 # text = “Oh! ay, with all my heart, Goody,” said this pretty little girl; and rinsing immediately the pitcher, she took up some water from the clearest place of the fountain, and gave it to her, holding up the pitcher all the while, that she might drink the easier. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 ay ay NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Goody goody NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 16 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 rinsing rinse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 22 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 clearest clear ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 amod _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 51 det:predet _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 56 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ay | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **rinse** | gerund | ay *not said here* | the pitcher | | | | immediately *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pitcher=Theme | | 3 | **take up** | past | ay | some water | | the clearest place of the fountain | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from place=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **give** | past | ay *not said here* | water | ay | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Recipient | | 5 | **hold up** | gerund | ay *not said here* | the pitcher | | | while | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pitcher=Theme | | 6 | **drink** | might | ay | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «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/pg503/38/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/38/9/) - ↑ back to [Toads and Diamonds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/38/)