--- title: “Ye can, can ye? we'll see about that?” said they; and they threw do… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Ye can, can ye? we'll see about that?” said they; and they threw down their picks and ran after him, but couldn't catch up with him, and soon they had to sit down by the roadside to rest. Who acts: we, hoes. 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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 (we, hoes), 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:pg7439:34:44 # text = “Ye can, can ye? we'll see about that?” said they; and they threw down their picks and ran after him, but couldn't catch up with him, and soon they had to sit down by the roadside to rest. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 picks pick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 after after ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 31 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 down down ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 roadside roadside NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | can · future | we | | | | | about that | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | hoes *= hoe* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **throw down** | past | hoes *= hoe* | hoes's picks | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pick=Theme | | 4 | **run** | past | hoes *= hoe* *not said here* | | | | after Johnny | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **catch up** | could | hoes *= hoe* *not said here* | | | | | with Johnny | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | past | hoes *= hoe* | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sit down** | to-infinitive | hoes *= hoe* *not said here* | | | | | by the roadside | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by roadside=Location | | 8 | **rest** | to-infinitive | hoes *= hoe* *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **pick** | | hoes *= hoe* | | | | | | nom pick «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/34/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/34/45/) - ↑ back to [Lazy Jack](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/34/)