--- title: ‘Oh, ho!’ said the gazelle to itself, ‘perhaps now I can do somethin… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Oh, ho!’ said the gazelle to itself, ‘perhaps now I can do something for my master who bought me with all the money he had; but I must be careful or they will say he has stolen it. Who acts: ho, I, master, Gazelles. 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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 (ho, I, master, Gazelles), 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:pg641:15:39 # text = ‘Oh, ho!’ said the gazelle to itself, ‘perhaps now I can do something for my master who bought me with all the money he had; but I must be careful or they will say he has stolen it. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 ho ho NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 19 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 18 obj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ho | the gazelle | grass | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gazelle=Topic to itself=Recipient | | 2 | **do** | can | I | something | | | now | for my master | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | | 3 | **buy** | past | my master | | me | | | with all money | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | ho | all money *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 5 | **is** | must | I | | | | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | Gazelles *= gazelle* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **steal** | present · perfect | ho | grass | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/40/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Gazelle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/)