--- title: ‘Oh,’ said the Priest, ‘if you are an angel from heaven do let me ou… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Oh,’ said the Priest, ‘if you are an angel from heaven do let me out and let me go back to earth again, for no place was ever so bad as this—the little fiends nip me so with their tongs.’ Who acts: Priest, you, angel, me. 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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 (Priest, you, angel, me), 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:pg540:9:152 # text = ‘Oh,’ said the Priest, ‘if you are an angel from heaven do let me out and let me go back to earth again, for no place was ever so bad as this—the little fiends nip me so with their tongs.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Priest Priest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 32 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 36 advmod _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advcl _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 — - PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 fiends fiend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 nip nip VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 tongs tong NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Priest | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | a angel | | heaven | | | tree rules | | 3 | **let out** | present · do-support | a angel | me | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | a angel *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go back** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | again | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | no place | | | | ever | as this; bad *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **nip** | present | the little fiends | me | | | | with fiends's tongs | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location i=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 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/151/) - next →: [sentence 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/153/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)