--- title: This time the dove knew better, and she answered boldly, ‘Indeed, I… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This time the dove knew better, and she answered boldly, ‘Indeed, I shall do nothing of the sort,’ though her heart beat wildly with fear when she saw the jackal preparing for a spring. Who acts: dove, I, heart, jackal. A sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 34 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/) / 44 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 44 This time the dove knew better, and she answered boldly, ‘Indeed, I shall do nothing of the sort,’ though her heart beat wildly with fear when she saw the jackal preparing for a spring. **Who acts:** dove, I, heart, jackal · **What happens:** know, answer, do, beat, see, prepare · **To what, where:** nothing, jackal This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dove, I, heart, jackal), 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:pg5615:34:44 # text = This time the dove knew better, and she answered boldly, ‘Indeed, I shall do nothing of the sort,’ though her heart beat wildly with fear when she saw the jackal preparing for a spring. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 boldly boldly ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 19 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 25 though though SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 29 wildly wildly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 preparing prepare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the dove | | | | time | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Dove | | | | | boldly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | shall | I | nothing | | | | indeed *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 4 | **beat** | present | Dove's heart | | | | | with fear; wildly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with fear=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | Dove | the jackal | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jackal=Stimulus | | 6 | **prepare** | gerund | the jackal *not said here* | | | | spring | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/45/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)