--- title: ‘Have I not reason to cry?’ she answered, ‘the goat, which when I sa… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Have I not reason to cry?’ she answered, ‘the goat, which when I said the little rhyme, spread the table so beautifully, my mother has killed, and now I must suffer hunger and want again.’ Who acts: I, woman, goat. 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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, woman, goat), 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:pg7277:40:80 # text = ‘Have I not reason to cry?’ she answered, ‘the goat, which when I said the little rhyme, spread the table so beautifully, my mother has killed, and now I must suffer hunger and want again.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 rhyme rhyme NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 25 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 beautifully beautifully ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 41 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **reason** | | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | the goat | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme rhyme=Manner | | 6 | **spread** | past | the goat | the table | | | | beautifully *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location table=Theme | | 7 | **kill** | present · perfect · passive | | my mother | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **suffer** | must | I | hunger | | | now | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hunger=Stimulus | | 9 | **want** | present | I *not said here* | | | | again | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/81/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/)