--- title: ‘Well, that’s just where I’m going; I shall get there before you, no… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well, that’s just where I’m going; I shall get there before you, no doubt, with your little bits of legs, and I’ll tell her you’re coming to see her; then she’ll wait for you.’ Who acts: I, you, Wolf. 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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, you, Wolf), 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:pg540:33:31 # text = ‘Well, that’s just where I’m going; I shall get there before you, no doubt, with your little bits of legs, and I’ll tell her you’re coming to see her; then she’ll wait for you.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 16 before before ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’re be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 xcomp _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** | shall | I | no doubt | | there | before you | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | I | | Wolf | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **does** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Wolf | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 8 | **wait** | future | Wolf | | | | then | for you | vn exist-47.1 «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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/32/) - ↑ back to [The True History of Little Golden Hood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/33/)