--- title: ‘That is indeed a good price!’ said Big Klaus; and, hurrying home, h… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘That is indeed a good price!’ said Big Klaus; and, hurrying home, he took an axe and killed his grandmother, laid her in the cart, and drove off to the apothecary’s, and asked whether he wanted to buy a dead body. Who acts: That, good price, Big, price. 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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, Big, price), 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:pg640:41:193 # text = ‘That is indeed a good price!’ said Big Klaus; and, hurrying home, he took an axe and killed his grandmother, laid her in the cart, and drove off to the apothecary’s, and asked whether he wanted to buy a dead body. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 indeed indeed 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 PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 12 Klaus Klaus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 hurrying hurry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 17 home home ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 36 off off ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 apothecary apothecary NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 44 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . 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 | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a good price | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hurry** | gerund | a good price *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | Big | a axe | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | past | Big *not said here* | Big's grandmother | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandmother=Theme | | 6 | **lay** | past | Big *not said here* | grandmother | | the cart | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in cart=Destination | | 7 | **drive off** | past | Big *not said here* | | | the apothecary | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to apothecary=Trajectory | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Big *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **want** | past | price | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 10 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | price *not said here* | a dead body | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme | 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 192](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/192/) - next →: [sentence 194](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/194/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/)