--- title: ‘I know so well that I have refused to wear one,’ said the little ma… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I know so well that I have refused to wear one,’ said the little maiden, ‘though I don’t know who was my father, or who was my mother, and I have not a friend in the world.’ Who acts: I, father. 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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 (I, father), 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:pg540:22:121 # text = ‘I know so well that I have refused to wear one,’ said the little maiden, ‘though I don’t know who was my father, or who was my mother, and I have not a friend in the world.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 though though SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 24 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ 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 | I | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **refuse** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **wear** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | one | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent one=Source | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | maiden *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | past | | my father or my mother | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | past | my father or my mother | my mother | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | present | I | a friend | | the world | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient | 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/122/) - ↑ back to [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/)