--- title: ‘Listen!’ said the robber-girl to Gerda; ‘you see that all the robbe… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Listen!’ said the robber-girl to Gerda; ‘you see that all the robbers have gone; only my mother is left, and she will fall asleep in the afternoon--then I will do something for you!’ Who acts: you, robbers, Gerda, I. 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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, robbers, Gerda, I), 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:pg5615:10:40 # text = ‘Listen!’ said the robber-girl to Gerda; ‘you see that all the robbers have gone; only my mother is left, and she will fall asleep in the afternoon--then I will do something for you!’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 33 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 42 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 41 obj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** | present · perfect | all robbers | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | present · passive | | my mother | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **fall** | future | Gerda | | | | afternoon | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **do** | future | I | something | | | then | for you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/41/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/)