--- title: You heard what I told you, that the sea-maiden said to me a mile far… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: You heard what I told you, that the sea-maiden said to me a mile farther along the road--and by the road she meant the river, for she can go by no other way--there was another herd of cattle waiting for me. Who acts: You, I, sea maiden, maiden. 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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, sea maiden, maiden), 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:pg640:41:247 # text = You heard what I told you, that the sea-maiden said to me a mile farther along the road--and by the road she meant the river, for she can go by no other way--there was another herd of cattle waiting for me. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 obj _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 13 advmod _ _ 19 along along ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 42 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 43 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 44 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 47 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 acl _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | You | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the sea maiden | | me | | | far *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient | | 4 | **mean** | past | maiden | the river | | | | by the road | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Topic | | 5 | **go** | can | maiden | | | | | by no other way | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by way=Location | | 6 | **be** | past | another herd of cattle | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wait** | gerund | cattle *not said here* | | | | | for me | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 246](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/246/) - next →: [sentence 248](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/248/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/)