--- title: ‘If you had looked at the gigantic Beanstalk and only stupidly wonde… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If you had looked at the gigantic Beanstalk and only stupidly wondered about it,’ she said, ‘I should have left you where misfortune had placed you, only restoring her cow to your mother. Who acts: you, Fairy, I. 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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, Fairy, I), 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:pg540:21:28 # text = ‘If you had looked at the gigantic Beanstalk and only stupidly wondered about it,’ she said, ‘I should have left you where misfortune had placed you, only restoring her cow to your mother. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 gigantic gigantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Beanstalk Beanstalk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 stupidly stupidly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 wondered wonder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux _ _ 25 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 28 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 restoring restore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | you | | | | | at the gigantic Beanstalk | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at beanstalk=Theme | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | you *not said here* | | | | | about Beanstalk; stupidly *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fairy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **leave** | should · perfect | I | | you | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **place** | past · perfect · passive | | misfortune | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme you=Destination | | 6 | **restore** | gerund | Fairy *not said here* | Fairy's cow | your mother | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cow=Theme to mother=Recipient | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/21/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/21/29/) - ↑ back to [The Giant Breaks His Neck.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/21/)