--- title: She used to say: “You are under me, so look sharp; clean the spit an… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She used to say: “You are under me, so look sharp; clean the spit and the dripping-pan, make the fires, wind up the jack, and do all the scullery work nimbly, or--” and she would shake the ladle at him. Who acts: business, 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 (business, 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:pg7439:37:26 # text = She used to say: “You are under me, so look sharp; clean the spit and the dripping-pan, make the fires, wind up the jack, and do all the scullery work nimbly, or--” and she would shake the ladle at him. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 spit spit NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 dripping dripping NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 jack jack NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 scullery scullery NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 40 nimbly nimbly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 ladle ladle NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | business | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | business *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | under business | tree rules | | 4 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | business *not said here* | | | | | sharp *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **clean** *in a quote* | infinitive | business *not said here* | the spit and the dripping pan | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent spit=Patient | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the fires and wind up the jack | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | all scullery work | | | | nimbly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 8 | **shake** | would | business | the ladle | | | | at Dick | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ladle=Theme at he=Trajectory | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/27/) - ↑ back to [Whittington and His Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/)