--- title: ‘Don’t be in a hurry,’ answered the Man-eater, who of course did not… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Don’t be in a hurry,’ answered the Man-eater, who of course did not know whom he was talking to, ‘and perhaps I can help you;’ and they set to work sawing and fitting, and very soon the coffin was finished. Who acts: hurry, Man eater, I, roads. 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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 (hurry, Man eater, I, roads), 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:pg5615:38:52 # text = ‘Don’t be in a hurry,’ answered the Man-eater, who of course did not know whom he was talking to, ‘and perhaps I can help you;’ and they set to work sawing and fitting, and very soon the coffin was finished. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 eater eater NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 21 advmod _ _ 18 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 fixed _ _ 19 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 ccomp _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ‘ VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 sawing saw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 xcomp _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 fitting fit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 47 very very ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | infinitive · do-support | | | | a hurry | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | a hurry | the Man eater | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent eater=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the Man eater | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **talk** | past · progressive | hurry | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **‘** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **help** | can | I | | you | | | perhaps *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 7 | **set** | present | roads *= road* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **work** | to-infinitive | roads *= road* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **saw** | gerund | roads *= road* *not said here* | | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **fit** | gerund | roads *= road* *not said here* | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **finish** | past · passive | | the coffin | | | | soon *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/53/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/)