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title: ‘Who’s there? let me go!’ cried King Kojata, but there was no answer… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘Who’s there? let me go!’ cried King Kojata, but there was no answer; only an awful face looked up from the bottom of the well with two great green eyes, glowing like emeralds, and a wide mouth reaching from ear to ear showing two rows of gleaming white teeth, and the King’s beard was held, not by m
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# The Green Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 2, sentence 20

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‘Who’s there? let me go!’ cried King Kojata, but there was no answer; only an awful face looked up from the bottom of the well with two great green eyes, glowing like emeralds, and a wide mouth reaching from ear to ear showing two rows of gleaming white teeth, and the King’s beard was held, not by mortal hands, but by two claws.

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**Who acts:** me, King, answer, awful face, wide mouth, two rows · **What happens:** be, let, go, cry, look up, glow · **To what, where:** me, wide mouth, ear, two rows, white teeth, beard

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Biter Bit, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (me, King, answer, awful face), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7277:27:20
# text = ‘Who’s there? let me go!’ cried King Kojata, but there was no answer; only an awful face looked up from the bottom of the well with two great green eyes, glowing like emeralds, and a wide mouth reaching from ear to ear showing two rows of gleaming white teeth, and the King’s beard was held, not by mortal hands, but by two claws.
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	’s	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
11	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
13	Kojata	Kojata	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	17	expl	_	_
17	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
18	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	19	det	_	_
19	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
21	only	only	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
22	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	awful	awful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
26	up	up	ADP	RP	_	25	compound:prt	_	_
27	from	from	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
34	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	37	nummod	_	_
35	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
36	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	advcl	_	_
40	like	like	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	emeralds	emerald	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
47	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	46	acl	_	_
48	from	from	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
50	to	to	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
52	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	47	advcl	_	_
53	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	54	nummod	_	_
54	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obj	_	_
55	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
56	gleaming	gleam	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	54	acl	_	_
57	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	’s	's	PART	POS	_	62	case	_	_
64	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	nsubj:pass	_	_
65	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	aux:pass	_	_
66	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
68	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	71	advmod	_	_
69	by	by	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	mortal	mortal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
73	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	76	cc	_	_
74	by	by	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	76	nummod	_	_
76	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | King | a wide mouth |  |  |  | by two claws | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by claw=Location |
| 5 | **be** | past | no answer |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **look up** | past | a awful face |  |  |  |  | with two great green eyes; from the bottom of the well | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from bottom=Theme |
| 7 | **glow** | gerund | a awful face *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like emeralds | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **reach** | gerund | a wide mouth *not said here* |  |  | ear |  | to ear | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **show** | gerund | a wide mouth *not said here* | two rows |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent row=Recipient |
| 10 | **gleam** | gerund | two rows *not said here* | white teeth |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme |
| 11 | **hold** | past · passive | mortal hands | the King's beard |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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