--- title: ‘That’s certainly a good price!’ said Big Klaus; and running home in… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘That’s certainly a good price!’ said Big Klaus; and running home in great haste, he took an axe, knocked all his four horses on the head, skinned them, and went into the town. Who acts: That, good price, Klaus. 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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 (That, good price, Klaus), 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:pg640:41:134 # text = ‘That’s certainly a good price!’ said Big Klaus; and running home in great haste, he took an axe, knocked all his four horses on the head, skinned them, and went into the town. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Big Big ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Klaus Klaus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 15 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 16 home home ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 skinned skin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | That | a good price | | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a good price | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **run** | gerund | Klaus *not said here* | | | great haste | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in haste=Trajectory | | 4 | **take** | past | Klaus | a axe | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme | | 5 | **knock** | past | Klaus *not said here* | Klaus's four horses | | the head | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent horse=Theme on head=Destination | | 6 | **skin** | past | Klaus *not said here* | horses *= horse* | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient | | 7 | **go** | past | Klaus *not said here* | | | the town | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into town=Initial\_Location | 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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/135/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/)