--- title: ‘Be quick, Little Two-eyes,’ cried the two sisters, ‘creep under thi… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Be quick, Little Two-eyes,’ cried the two sisters, ‘creep under this, so that you shall not disgrace us,’ and they put over poor Little Two-eyes as quickly as possible an empty cask, which was standing close to the tree, and they pushed the golden apples which she had broken off under with her. 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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 (you, apples, possible empty cask), 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:pg7277:40:98 # text = ‘Be quick, Little Two-eyes,’ cried the two sisters, ‘creep under this, so that you shall not disgrace us,’ and they put over poor Little Two-eyes as quickly as possible an empty cask, which was standing close to the tree, and they pushed the golden apples which she had broken off under with her. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 3 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 11 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 creep creep NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 18 under under ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 26 mark _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 disgrace disgrace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 27 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 33 over over ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 35 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 cask cask NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 acl _ _ 50 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj:pass _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 acl:relcl _ _ 65 off off ADP RP _ 64 compound:prt _ _ 66 under under ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | the two sisters | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Topic | | 3 | **not** **disgrace** | shall | you | us | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer | | 4 | **put over** | past | apples *= apple* | poor Little Two eyes | | | | as a possible empty cask; quickly *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent eye=Goal | | 5 | **stand** | past · progressive | a possible empty cask | | | | | close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **push** | past | apples *= apple* | the golden apples | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme | | 7 | **break off** | past · perfect · passive | | the golden apples | | | | under eye | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/99/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/)