--- title: The other spikes, as you see, are already adorned, and the skulls ar… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The other spikes, as you see, are already adorned, and the skulls are all those of different servants I have had who have failed to do what I demanded.’ Who acts: you, I, different servants. 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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 (you, I, different servants), 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:pg640:31:51 # text = The other spikes, as you see, are already adorned, and the skulls are all those of different servants I have had who have failed to do what I demanded.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 spikes spike NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 already already ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 adorned adorn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 skulls skull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 all all ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 parataxis _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 failed fail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 32 obj _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | you | the other spikes *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spike=Stimulus | | 2 | **adorn** | present · passive | | the other spikes | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 3 | **have** | present · perfect | I | different servants *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient | | 4 | **fail** | present · perfect | different servants | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | different servants *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | I | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Precondition | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/52/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)