--- title: See, see, she hangeth by the throte, and therefor she speaketh not,"… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: See, see, she hangeth by the throte, and therefor she speaketh not," saide others; "and the beast flieth not like a beast;" so she opened her mouth and "pashte hir all to pieces." Who acts: you, O, therefor, beast. 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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, O, therefor, beast), 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:pg7128:44:9 # text = See, see, she hangeth by the throte, and therefor she speaketh not," saide others; "and the beast flieth not like a beast;" so she opened her mouth and "pashte hir all to pieces." 1 See see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hangeth hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 throte throte NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 therefor therefor NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 speaketh speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 18 saide saide NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 flieth fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 27 like like ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 pashte pashte X FW _ 40 compound _ _ 40 hir hir NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 41 all all ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **hang** | present | O | | | | | by the throte | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by throte=Location | | 4 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | present | therefor | saide others | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **fly** | present | the beast | | | | | like a beast | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **open** *in a quote* | past | O | O's mouth and pashte hir | pieces | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient to piece=Recipient | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/44/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/44/10/) - ↑ back to [XIII. the Talkative Tortoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/44/)