--- title: ‘Now you had better stop that,’ said Big Klaus, ‘for if you say it o… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now you had better stop that,’ said Big Klaus, ‘for if you say it once more I will give your horse such a crack on the head that it will drop down dead on the spot!’ Who acts: you, Big, I, crack. 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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, Big, I, crack), 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:pg640:41:12 # text = ‘Now you had better stop that,’ said Big Klaus, ‘for if you say it once more I will give your horse such a crack on the head that it will drop down dead on the spot!’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 12 Klaus Klaus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 21 advmod _ _ 21 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 18 advmod _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 29 det:predet _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 crack crack NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 drop drop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 37 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | you | better stop | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stop=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Big | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | stop | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 4 | **give** | future | I | such crack | your horse | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient crack=Theme | | 5 | **drop down** | future | crack | | | the spot | | dead *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on spot=Trajectory | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/13/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/)