--- title: But little Two-eyes knew what Little Three-eyes had in her mind, and… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But little Two-eyes knew what Little Three-eyes had in her mind, and she drove the goat out into the tall grass and said, ‘We will sit down here, Little Three-eyes, and I will sing you something.’ Who acts: little Two eyes, Three eyes, eye, We. 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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 Two eyes, Three eyes, eye, We), 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:pg7277:40:49 # text = But little Two-eyes knew what Little Three-eyes had in her mind, and she drove the goat out into the tall grass and said, ‘We will sit down here, Little Three-eyes, and I will sing you something.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 8 Little Little ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ _ 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 12 nsubj _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 out out ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 34 down down ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 38 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | little Two eyes | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** | past | Three eyes | | | eye's mind | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **drive out** | past | eye | the goat | | the tall grass | | out *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent goat=Theme into grass=Trajectory | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | little Two eyes *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **sit down** | future | We | | | here | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | future | I | something | you | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary something=Theme | | 7 | **mind** | | eye | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/50/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/)