--- title: ‘Duks,’ answered the beasts; and that must have meant, ‘We are quite… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Duks,’ answered the beasts; and that must have meant, ‘We are quite willing,’ for the old man went on, ‘Here is abundance; go into the back kitchen and cook us a supper.’ Who acts: Duks, We, old man. 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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 (Duks, We, old man), 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:pg5615:2:119 # text = ‘Duks,’ answered the beasts; and that must have meant, ‘We are quite willing,’ for the old man went on, ‘Here is abundance; go into the back kitchen and cook us a supper.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Duks Duks PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 answered answer 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 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux _ _ 13 meant mean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 quite quite ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 27 on on ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 conj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 cook cook VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Duks | the beasts | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | must · perfect · passive | | that | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | We | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go on** | past | the old man | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | present | | willing abundance | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | | | | the back kitchen | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into kitchen=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **cook** | infinitive | | a supper | us | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary supper=Product | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/120/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/)