--- title: The cook was terrified when he heard the command, and said to the Ma… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The cook was terrified when he heard the command, and said to the Many-furred Creature, ‘You must have let a hair fall into the soup, and if you have you deserve a good beating!’ Who acts: cook, King, You. 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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 (cook, King, You), 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:pg7277:42:49 # text = The cook was terrified when he heard the command, and said to the Many-furred Creature, ‘You must have let a hair fall into the soup, and if you have you deserve a good beating!’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 furred fur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 Creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 24 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 beating beating NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the cook | | | | | terrified *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | King | the command | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer command=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the cook *not said here* | | the furred Creature | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to creature=Recipient | | 4 | **fur** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **let** | must · perfect · passive | | You | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fall** | infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | | into the soup *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into soup=Result | | 7 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **deserve** | present | you | a good beating | | | | | tree rules | 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/pg7277/42/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/42/50/) - ↑ back to [Allerleirauh; Or, the Many-furred Creature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/42/)