--- title: ‘Goodness me!’ said the farmer; and opening the oven he saw all the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Goodness me!’ said the farmer; and opening the oven he saw all the delicious, tempting dishes his wife had hidden there, but which he now believed the wizard in the sack had conjured up for them. Who acts: farmer, 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 (farmer, 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:pg640:41:59 # text = ‘Goodness me!’ said the farmer; and opening the oven he saw all the delicious, tempting dishes his wife had hidden there, but which he now believed the wizard in the sack had conjured up for them. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 delicious delicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 tempting tempt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 21 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 ccomp _ _ 26 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 conjured conjure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the farmer | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **open** | gerund | the farmer *not said here* | the oven | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location oven=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | Klaus | the oven *not said here* | | | | delicious *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oven=Stimulus | | 4 | **tempt** | gerund | the farmer *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **hide** | past · perfect · passive | | dishes Klaus's wife | | there | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **believe** | past | Klaus | the wizard | | | now | | tree rules | | 7 | **conjure up** | past · perfect | | | | the sack | | for cakes *= cake* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for they=Beneficiary | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/60/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/)