--- title: Then the little creature, full of gratitude, pulled out one of its f… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the little creature, full of gratitude, pulled out one of its feelers, and giving it to its preserver, said, "Keep this, and should you ever be in trouble, put it into the fire, and instantly I will come to your aid." Who acts: you, I. 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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 (you, I), 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:pg7128:21:15 # text = Then the little creature, full of gratitude, pulled out one of its feelers, and giving it to its preserver, said, "Keep this, and should you ever be in trouble, put it into the fire, and instantly I will come to your aid." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 feelers feeler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 ccomp _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 preserver preserver NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 28 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 36 advmod _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull out** | participle · passive | | the little creature | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | gerund | | creature | creature's preserver | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to preserver=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive | | this | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | should | you | | | trouble | ever | | tree rules | | 6 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | | creature | | the fire | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | future | I | | | your aid | | instantly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to aid=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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/16/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)