--- title: ‘“Who are you, little girl,” said she, “who dares to come where I al… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘“Who are you, little girl,” said she, “who dares to come where I allow no mortal to live, lest my birds should be disturbed? Who acts: little girl. 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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 (little girl), 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:pg7277:38:48 # text = ‘“Who are you, little girl,” said she, “who dares to come where I allow no mortal to live, lest my birds should be disturbed? 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 dares dare VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 allow allow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 mortal mortal NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 disturbed disturb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | little girl | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | little girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dare** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **allow** *in a quote* | present | little girl *= girl* | no mortal | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mortal=Beneficiary | | 6 | **live** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | little girl *= girl* *not said here* | no mortal *not said here* | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **disturb** *in a quote* | should · passive | | my birds | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/49/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)