--- title: Then she spoke to him and said, ‘The Great Spirit felt sorry for you… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she spoke to him and said, ‘The Great Spirit felt sorry for you, because you would not be comforted, so he let me come back to you, but you must not stretch out your hand to touch me till we have seen the rest of our people. Who acts: wife, Great Spirit, husband, me. 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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 (wife, Great Spirit, husband, me), 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:pg640:27:16 # text = Then she spoke to him and said, ‘The Great Spirit felt sorry for you, because you would not be comforted, so he let me come back to you, but you must not stretch out your hand to touch me till we have seen the rest of our people. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Great Great PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 12 Spirit Spirit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 14 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 because because SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 comforted comfort VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 back back ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 stretch stretch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 till till SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | wife | | husband | | then | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **feel** | past | the Great Spirit | | | | | for you; sorry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **comfort** | would · passive | | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **let** | past | husband | me | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come back** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | you | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **not** **stretch out** | must | you | your hand | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 8 | **touch** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme | | 9 | **see** | present · perfect | we | the rest of our people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rest=Stimulus | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/27/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/27/17/) - ↑ back to [The Dead Wife(20)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/27/)