--- title: “Yes, yes, I know!” cried the queen impatiently; “but what kind of t… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes, yes, I know!” cried the queen impatiently; “but what kind of thread do you spin to-night for that rash, foolhardy man who has come into our kingdom unbidden and before his time?” Who acts: queen, kind, foolhardy man. 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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 (queen, kind, foolhardy man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg66819:15:10 # text = “Yes, yes, I know!” cried the queen impatiently; “but what kind of thread do you spin to-night for that rash, foolhardy man who has come into our kingdom unbidden and before his time?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 impatiently impatiently ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 18 det _ _ 18 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 rash rash NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 foolhardy foolhardy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 unbidden unbidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the queen *= queen* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the queen | | | | | impatiently *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **spin** *in a quote* | present · do-support | what kind of thread | | | | night | for that rash and kind's time; you *nsubj* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for rash=Beneficiary | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | foolhardy man | | | our kingdom | | unbidden *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into kingdom=Initial\_Location | 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 Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 66819 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/15/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/15/11/) - ↑ back to [The Hag of the Rock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/15/)