--- title: ‘Who are you?’ said Browny, starting up in great fright, for though… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Who are you?’ said Browny, starting up in great fright, for though the voice sounded gentle, he felt sure it was a feigned voice, and he feared it was the fox. Who acts: you, voice, fright. 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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, voice, fright), 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:pg7277:13:39 # text = ‘Who are you?’ said Browny, starting up in great fright, for though the voice sounded gentle, he felt sure it was a feigned voice, and he feared it was the fox. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Browny Browny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 starting start VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 though though SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 25 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 feigned feign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **start up** | gerund | | | | great fright | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **sound** | past | the voice | | | | | gentle *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **feel** | past | voice | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **feign** | participle | | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | fright | a feigned voice | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fear** | past | voice | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is a** | past | fright | the fox | | | | | 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 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/13/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/13/40/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Pigs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/13/)