--- title: Do you know that you are a dwarf--that you are so ugly that one cann… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Do you know that you are a dwarf--that you are so ugly that one cannot bear to look at you--and that I should have killed you myself long before this if you had been worthy of such a glorious death?” Who acts: you, one. 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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, one), 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:pg503:6:52 # text = Do you know that you are a dwarf--that you are so ugly that one cannot bear to look at you--and that I should have killed you myself long before this if you had been worthy of such a glorious death?” 1 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dwarf dwarf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux _ _ 30 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 34 before before ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 obl _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 cop _ _ 40 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 45 det:predet _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 glorious glorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | dwarf *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | you | | | | | ugly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **bear** | can | one | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | one *not said here* | | | | | at you | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at you=Theme | | 6 | **kill** | should · perfect · passive | | I | | | before this | myself *obl:unmarked*; long *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer you=Result | | 7 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | you | | | | | of such glorious death; worthy *property* | tree rules | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/53/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/)