--- title: However, he only cut himself against the rock, and thought he had be… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, he only cut himself against the rock, and thought he had better stick to threats, so he started again with his old cry, ‘Mother dove, mother dove! be quick and give me one of your little ones, or I will eat you all up.’ Who acts: heart, 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 (heart, 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:pg5615:34:45 # text = However, he only cut himself against the rock, and thought he had better stick to threats, so he started again with his old cry, ‘Mother dove, mother dove! be quick and give me one of your little ones, or I will eat you all up.’ 1 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 against against ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 15 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 amod _ _ 16 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 threats threat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 nmod:unmarked _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past | heart | heart | | | | against the rock; however *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Product | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | heart | better stick | | | | to threats | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient | | 4 | **start** | past | heart | | | | again | with heart's old cry | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with cry=Subeventuality | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | infinitive | | one of your little ones | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient one=Theme | | 7 | **eat up** | future | I | you | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 8 | **cry** | | heart | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/46/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)