--- title: This eye also Minnikin stole, and when the woman screamed and lament… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This eye also Minnikin stole, and when the woman screamed and lamented, and asked what had become of her eye, Minnikin said, ‘What will you give me to get your eye back?’ Who acts: eye, woman, Minnikin, you. 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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 (eye, woman, Minnikin, you), 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:pg540:44:100 # text = This eye also Minnikin stole, and when the woman screamed and lamented, and asked what had become of her eye, Minnikin said, ‘What will you give me to get your eye back?’ 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 screamed scream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 lamented lament VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 ccomp _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 obj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 back back ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | past | this eye | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | participle | the woman | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lament** | participle | the woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | this eye *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **become** | past · perfect | | | | | | of woman's eye | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Minnikin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **give** | future | you | | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient what=Theme | | 8 | **get back** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | your eye | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/101/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/)