--- title: There are grown-up people now who say that the stories are not good… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There are grown-up people now who say that the stories are not good for children, because they are not true, because there are no witches, nor talking beasts, and because people are killed in them, especially wicked giants. Who acts: grown people, stories, witches. 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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 (grown people, stories, witches), 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:pg7277:1:21 # text = There are grown-up people now who say that the stories are not good for children, because they are not true, because there are no witches, nor talking beasts, and because people are killed in them, especially wicked giants. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 because because SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 because because SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 32 cc _ _ 32 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 33 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 because because SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 especially especially ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | present · passive | | | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V» | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | grown people | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | the stories | | | | | for children; good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **is** | present | stories *= story* | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **does** | present | no witches | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **talk** | gerund | grown people *not said here* | beasts | | | | | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent beast=Patient | | 7 | **kill** | present · passive | | people | | | | in witches *= witch*; wicked giants *obl* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/1/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/1/22/) - ↑ back to [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/1/)