--- title: ‘No,’ they replied, ‘there are not great numbers, for you see from t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘No,’ they replied, ‘there are not great numbers, for you see from time to time a voice is heard calling first one and then another, and whoever hears that voice gets up and goes away, and never comes back.’ Who acts: numbers, great numbers, you, voice. 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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 (numbers, great numbers, you, voice), 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:pg540:27:9 # text = ‘No,’ they replied, ‘there are not great numbers, for you see from time to time a voice is heard calling first one and then another, and whoever hears that voice gets up and goes away, and never comes back.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 10 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 xcomp _ _ 27 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 28 advmod _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 31 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 36 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 42 away away ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 47 back back ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | numbers *= number* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **does** | present | great numbers | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | present | you | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **hear** | present · passive | | a voice | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **call** | gerund | a voice *not said here* | one | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 6 | **hear** | present | whoever | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **get up** | present | that voice | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **go away** | present | that voice *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **not** **come back** | present | whoever *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/10/) - ↑ back to [The Voice of Death](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/)