--- title: Then the Crab said to the old fisherman, ‘Now take this rod; go and… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Crab said to the old fisherman, ‘Now take this rod; go and knock with it on a certain mountain; then a black man(6) will come out and ask you what you wish for. Who acts: Crab, black man, you. 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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 (Crab, black man, you), 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:pg640:7:28 # text = Then the Crab said to the old fisherman, ‘Now take this rod; go and knock with it on a certain mountain; then a black man(6) will come out and ask you what you wish for. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Crab Crab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 12 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 35 out out ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Crab | | | | then | to the old fisherman | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to fisherman=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | infinitive | | this rod | | | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rod=Theme | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **knock** | infinitive | | | | a certain mountain | | with rod | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with it=Theme | | 5 | **come out** | future | a black man | | | | then | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | a black man *not said here* | | you | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wish** | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/29/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Crab(5)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/)