--- title: One of them looked up and asked, ‘My friend, what are you doing here… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One of them looked up and asked, ‘My friend, what are you doing here?’ and Hans gazed at him for a moment, then laughed and answered, ‘Well, if anybody has a right to put that question, it is I! Who acts: One, you, Hans, anybody. 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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 (One, you, Hans, anybody), 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:pg641:33:17 # text = One of them looked up and asked, ‘My friend, what are you doing here?’ and Hans gazed at him for a moment, then laughed and answered, ‘Well, if anybody has a right to put that question, it is I! 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 obj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 17 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 30 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 34 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Well well INTJ UH _ 49 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 39 nsubj _ _ 39 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 44 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look up** | past | One of players | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | One of players *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | present · progressive | you | My friend | | here | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **gaze** | past | Hans | | | | moment | at friend | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 5 | **laugh** | past | | | | | then | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | anybody | a right | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient | | 8 | **put** | to-infinitive | anybody *not said here* | that question | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Goal | | 9 | **is a** | present | question | I | | | | | tree rules | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/18/) - ↑ back to [The Headless Dwarfs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/)