--- title: “See you,” says she, “why, of course I do, as plain as the sun in th… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “See you,” says she, “why, of course I do, as plain as the sun in the skies, and what's more,” says she, “I see you are busy too, into the bargain.” Who acts: I, you. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Fairy Ointment, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [Fairy Ointment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/) / 30 # English Fairy Tales, Fairy Ointment, sentence 30 “See you,” says she, “why, of course I do, as plain as the sun in the skies, and what's more,” says she, “I see you are busy too, into the bargain.” **Who acts:** I, you · **What happens:** see, say, do, be · **To what, where:** you, Dame, bargain · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Fairy Ointment. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, 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:pg7439:46:30 # text = “See you,” says she, “why, of course I do, as plain as the sun in the skies, and what's more,” says she, “I see you are busy too, into the bargain.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 See see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 fixed _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 32 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 ccomp _ _ 41 too too ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | more *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | Dame | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | present | I | | | the bargain | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/31/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Ointment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/)