--- title: ‘Humpty Dumpty fell downstairs and yet married a princess! yes, that… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Humpty Dumpty fell downstairs and yet married a princess! yes, that is the way of the world!’ thought the tree, and was sure it must be true, because such a nice man had told the story. Who acts: Humpty, that, world. 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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 (Humpty, that, world), 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:pg5615:11:96 # text = ‘Humpty Dumpty fell downstairs and yet married a princess! yes, that is the way of the world!’ thought the tree, and was sure it must be true, because such a nice man had told the story. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Humpty Humpty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Dumpty Dumpty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 5 downstairs downstairs ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 yet yet ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 12 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 23 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 33 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 because because SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 36 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 39 det:predet _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 parataxis _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | Humpty | | | | | downstairs *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **marry** | past | Humpty *not said here* | a princess | | | yet | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | present | that | the way | | | | of the world | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | the tree | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tree=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | must | world | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | such nice man | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient story=Topic | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/11/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/11/97/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/11/)