--- title: “And what do you want with her, pretty one?” said the little monster… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “And what do you want with her, pretty one?” said the little monster, “for I am a friend of hers, and, for the matter of that, I am quite as clever as she is.” Who acts: you, little monster, Bellissima, that. 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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, little monster, Bellissima, that), 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:pg503:5:74 # text = “And what do you want with her, pretty one?” said the little monster, “for I am a friend of hers, and, for the matter of that, I am quite as clever as she is.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 pretty pretty VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 quite quite ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | with Bellissima | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 2 | **pretty** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | one | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the little monster | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the little monster *= monster* | | | | | for a friend; of Bellissima | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the little monster *= monster* | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | present | Bellissima | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **matter** *in a quote* | | that | | | | | | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/75/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)