--- title: “Oh! but this is not the way to the king, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky,… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh! but this is not the way to the king, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey and Turkey-lurkey,” says Foxy-woxy; “I know the proper way; shall I show it you?” Who acts: this, Cocky, Foxy. 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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 (this, Cocky, Foxy), 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:pg7439:23:165 # text = “Oh! but this is not the way to the king, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey and Turkey-lurkey,” says Foxy-woxy; “I know the proper way; shall I show it you?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 Henny Henny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 penny penny NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Cocky Cocky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 locky locky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 Ducky ducky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 daddles daddle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 Goosey Goosey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 poosey poosey NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 Turkey Turkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 lurkey lurkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 35 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 36 Foxy Foxy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 woxy woxy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 list _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 parataxis _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ? ? PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | the way | | | | to the king and Henny penny | tree rules | | 2 | **daddle** *in a quote* | present | Cocky *not said here* | Goosey poosey and Turkey lurkey | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Foxy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Foxy | the proper way | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 5 | **show** *in a quote* | shall | Foxy | way | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient it=Topic | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/164/) - next →: [sentence 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/166/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)