--- title: ‘A story! a story!’ cried the children, and dragged a little stout m… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘A story! a story!’ cried the children, and dragged a little stout man to the tree; he sat down beneath it, saying, ‘Here we are in the greenwood, and the tree will be delighted to listen! Who acts: story, tree, we. 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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 (story, tree, we), 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:pg5615:11:85 # text = ‘A story! a story!’ cried the children, and dragged a little stout man to the tree; he sat down beneath it, saying, ‘Here we are in the greenwood, and the tree will be delighted to listen! 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 stout stout ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 25 down down ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 ccomp _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 greenwood greenwood NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | a story | the children | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Topic | | 2 | **drag** | past | a story *not said here* | a little stout man | | the tree | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme to tree=Destination | | 3 | **sit down** | past | tree | | | story | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath it=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | we | | | the greenwood | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | future | the tree | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **listen** | to-infinitive | the tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/11/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/11/86/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/11/)