--- title: ‘Oh, all that you have to do is to take your gun, and go down to the… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Oh, all that you have to do is to take your gun, and go down to the water and aim at the duck which is swimming about there, and she will soon discover herself,’ said Dapplegrim. Who acts: you, duck, Princess, Dapplegrim. 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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, duck, Princess, Dapplegrim), 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:pg540:39:27 # text = ‘Oh, all that you have to do is to take your gun, and go down to the water and aim at the duck which is swimming about there, and she will soon discover herself,’ said Dapplegrim. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 18 down down ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 aim aim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 about about ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 37 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 38 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 Dapplegrim Dapplegrim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | take *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go down** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | to the water; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **aim** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | at the duck | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **swim** | present · progressive | the duck | | | there | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **discover** | future | Princess | Princess | | | | soon *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Topic | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Dapplegrim | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/39/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/39/28/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/39/)