--- title: ‘Oh, I must rest for a long time before I can talk,’ she replied, ‘a… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Oh, I must rest for a long time before I can talk,’ she replied, ‘and beside, I very much doubt if you will have leisure to listen, for the affair is by no means finished. Who acts: I, sound, you. 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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 (I, sound, you), 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:pg7277:37:36 # text = ‘Oh, I must rest for a long time before I can talk,’ she replied, ‘and beside, I very much doubt if you will have leisure to listen, for the affair is by no means finished. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’ ' CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 22 beside beside ADP IN _ 27 case _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 much much ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 32 leisure leisure NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 affair affair NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 obl _ _ 42 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 43 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rest** | must | I | | | | time | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **talk** | can | I | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | sound | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | leisure | | doubt | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leisure=Patient | | 5 | **listen** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | leisure *not said here* | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | for the affair; by no; mean *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **finish** *not said to happen* | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/37/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)