--- title: The next day the mother said to Little Three-eyes, ‘This time you sh… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next day the mother said to Little Three-eyes, ‘This time you shall go with Little Two-eyes and watch whether she eats anything out in the fields, and whether anyone brings her food and drink, for eat and drink she must secretly.’ Who acts: mother, time, anyone. 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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 (mother, time, anyone), 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:pg7277:40:47 # text = The next day the mother said to Little Three-eyes, ‘This time you shall go with Little Two-eyes and watch whether she eats anything out in the fields, and whether anyone brings her food and drink, for eat and drink she must secretly.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 26 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 29 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 28 obj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 38 nsubj _ _ 38 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 drink drink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 50 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the mother | | | | day | to Little Three eyes | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to eye=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | shall | this time | | | | | with Little Two eyes | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with eye=Beneficiary | | 3 | **watch** | infinitive | this time *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **eat out** | present | mother | anything | | the fields | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 5 | **bring** | present | anyone | mother's food and drink | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 6 | **eat** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drink** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/48/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/)