--- title: I will bury him better afterwards, but just let me have the sheet to… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I will bury him better afterwards, but just let me have the sheet to wipe myself with, for he was bleeding, and I have got covered with blood with carrying him.’ Who acts: I, me, father, blood. 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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, me, father, blood), 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:pg540:9:242 # text = I will bury him better afterwards, but just let me have the sheet to wipe myself with, for he was bleeding, and I have got covered with blood with carrying him.’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 6 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sheet sheet NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 wipe wipe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 17 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 bleeding bleed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 29 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 xcomp _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 with with SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | future | I | father | | | | afterwards, well *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | I *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | infinitive | me *not said here* | the sheet | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheet=Patient | | 4 | **wipe** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | myself | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent myself=Source | | 5 | **bleed** | past · progressive | father | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 6 | **get** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **cover** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | with blood | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with blood=Theme | | 8 | **carry** | gerund | blood *not said here* | father | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 241](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/241/) - next →: [sentence 243](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/243/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)