--- title: Open them all; go into all and every one of them, except that little… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Open them all; go into all and every one of them, except that little closet, which I forbid you, and forbid it in such a manner that, if you happen to open it, there’s nothing but what you may expect from my just anger and resentment.” Who acts: you, I, manner, my. 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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, I, manner, my), 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:pg503:40:14 # text = Open them all; go into all and every one of them, except that little closet, which I forbid you, and forbid it in such a manner that, if you happen to open it, there’s nothing but what you may expect from my just anger and resentment.” 1 Open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 except except ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 closet closet NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 forbid forbid VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 forbid forbid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 30 det:predet _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 41 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 42 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 41 obj _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 47 obj _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 just just ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 resentment resentment NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | keys *= key* | | | | except that little closet | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | all | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into all=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **forbid** | present | I | that little closet | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **forbid** | infinitive | you *not said here* | closet | | such manner | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Theme | | 5 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | such manner | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **open** | to-infinitive | such manner *not said here* | closet | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 7 | **expect** | may | you | | | my anger and resentment | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 8 | **anger** | | my | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/40/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/40/15/) - ↑ back to [Blue Beard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/40/)