--- title: “Oh! it isn’t that I care much to have that honor,” cried the Dwarf… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh! it isn’t that I care much to have that honor,” cried the Dwarf angrily; “but here are the lions coming; they’ll eat you up in three mouthfuls, and there will be an end of you and your pride.” Who acts: thing, lions, end, your. 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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 (thing, lions, end, your), 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:pg503:5:89 # text = “Oh! it isn’t that I care much to have that honor,” cried the Dwarf angrily; “but here are the lions coming; they’ll eat you up in three mouthfuls, and there will be an end of you and your pride.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 care care VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 10 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 17 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Dwarf dwarf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obj _ _ 20 angrily angrily ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 conj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 28 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 mouthfuls mouthful NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | thing | | | | | care *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | that honor | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honor=Patient | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | the Dwarf | | | | angrily *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the lions | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | the lions *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **eat up** *in a quote* | future | lions *= lion* | you | | three mouthfuls | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | future | a end of you | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **pride** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/90/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)