--- title: ‘Dear me,’ thought he, ‘what a stupid fool I must be--can’t even cra… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Dear me,’ thought he, ‘what a stupid fool I must be--can’t even crack a nut,’ and he said to the tailor, ‘I say, crack my nuts for me, will you?’ Who acts: bear, I. 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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 (bear, I), 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:pg7277:51:28 # text = ‘Dear me,’ thought he, ‘what a stupid fool I must be--can’t even crack a nut,’ and he said to the tailor, ‘I say, crack my nuts for me, will you?’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 19 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 even even ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 crack crack VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 crack crack VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **crack** | can | | a nut | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nut=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | bear | | the tailor | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to tailor=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **crack** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my nuts | | | | for me | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nut=Theme | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/51/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/51/29/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Clever Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/51/)