--- title: I stole cautiously up to him, and gave him such a kick that he utter… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I stole cautiously up to him, and gave him such a kick that he uttered a loud scream, and let fall a parchment on which was written, “The cake is mine, and the beardless one goes empty-handed.”’ Who acts: I, fox, cake, beardless one. 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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 (I, fox, cake, beardless one), 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:pg641:3:64 # text = I stole cautiously up to him, and gave him such a kick that he uttered a loud scream, and let fall a parchment on which was written, “The cake is mine, and the beardless one goes empty-handed.”’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 cautiously cautiously ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 up up ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 13 det:predet _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 kick kick NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 uttered utter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 scream scream NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 23 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 parchment parchment NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obl _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 beardless beardless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 42 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | past | I | | | | | up fox; cautiously *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | I *not said here* | such kick | fox | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kick=Theme | | 3 | **utter** *speech: other* | past | fox | a loud scream | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent scream=Topic | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **fall** | infinitive | | a parchment | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient parchment=Result | | 6 | **write** | past · passive | | | | a parchment | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: on which=Destination | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the cake | fox | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | present | the beardless one | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **hand** *in a quote* | participle | the beardless one *not said here* | | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/65/) - ↑ back to [The Finest Liar in the World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/)