--- title: In the evening the Princess told this to the Crab, who said to her,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the evening the Princess told this to the Crab, who said to her, ‘Take this rod, go to the garden gate and knock with it, then a black man will come out and say to you, ‘’Why have you called me, and what do you require of me? Who acts: Princess, 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 (Princess, 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:pg640:7:45 # text = In the evening the Princess told this to the Crab, who said to her, ‘Take this rod, go to the garden gate and knock with it, then a black man will come out and say to you, ‘’Why have you called me, and what do you require of me? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Crab Crab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 38 out out ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 ‘’ ‘' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 46 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 55 obj _ _ 53 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 require require VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Princess | this | | | evening | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent this=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Crab | | Princess | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | | this rod | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rod=Theme | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | | | | the garden gate | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **knock** | infinitive | | | | | | with gate | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with it=Theme | | 6 | **come out** | future | a black man | | | | then | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a black man *not said here* | | you | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to you=Recipient | | 8 | **call** | present · perfect | you | | me | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 9 | **require** | present · do-support | you | | | | | of me | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Precondition | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/46/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Crab(5)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/)