--- title: ‘Didn’t she know me?’ the little soldier asked himself, ‘or was she… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Didn’t she know me?’ the little soldier asked himself, ‘or was she angry because I missed our meetings?’ and he followed the crowd till he got to the palace. Who acts: Ludovine, little soldier, I, soldier. 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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 (Ludovine, little soldier, I, soldier), 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:pg7277:22:132 # text = ‘Didn’t she know me?’ the little soldier asked himself, ‘or was she angry because I missed our meetings?’ and he followed the crowd till he got to the palace. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ‘ SYM SYM _ 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 20 because because SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 meetings meeting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 till till SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Ludovine | me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the little soldier | soldier | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | Ludovine | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **miss** | past | I | our meetings | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meeting=Stimulus | | 5 | **follow** | past | soldier | the crowd | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crowd=Theme | | 6 | **get** | past | soldier | | | | | to the palace *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | 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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/133/) - ↑ back to [The Little Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/)