--- title: ‘Be sure that you are kind and civil to everyone you meet,’ called h… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Be sure that you are kind and civil to everyone you meet,’ called his mother, running after him; but he was in such a hurry to be off, that he did not wait to answer her, or even to look back. Who acts: you, Medio. 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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, Medio), 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:pg7277:6:27 # text = ‘Be sure that you are kind and civil to everyone you meet,’ called his mother, running after him; but he was in such a hurry to be off, that he did not wait to answer her, or even to look back. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 civil civil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 7 obl _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 16 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 after after ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 30 det:predet _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 33 off off ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 even even ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 48 back back ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | to everyone; kind *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **meet** | present | you | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **call** | past | | | Medio's mother | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient | | 6 | **run** | gerund | | | | | after Medio | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | Medio | | | such hurry | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **wait** | past · do-support | Medio | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Medio *not said here* | | mother | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 10 | **look back** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/6/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/6/28/) - ↑ back to [The Half-chick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/6/)