--- title: By each window do you see there are standing three reporters and an… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: By each window do you see there are standing three reporters and an old editor, and this old editor is the worst, for he doesn’t understand anything!’ but she only said this to tease Blockhead-Hans. Who acts: you, old editor, paper, Princess. 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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, old editor, paper, Princess), 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:pg640:50:176 # text = By each window do you see there are standing three reporters and an old editor, and this old editor is the worst, for he doesn’t understand anything!’ but she only said this to tease Blockhead-Hans. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 9 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 reporters reporter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 editor editor NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 editor editor NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 28 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 30 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 only only ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 37 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 tease tease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 Blockhead Blockhead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · do-support | you | | | | | by each window | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | present | | | | there | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | gerund | | three reporters and a old editor | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reporter=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | present | this old editor | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **understand** | present · do-support | paper | anything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Princess | this | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **tease** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | Blockhead Hans | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hans=Patient | 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 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/175/) - next →: [sentence 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/177/) - ↑ back to [The Steadfast Tin-soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/)