--- title: “Darter,” says she, “put you them there pies on the shelf, and leave… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Darter,” says she, “put you them there pies on the shelf, and leave 'em there a little, and they'll come again.”--She meant, you know, the crust would get soft. Who acts: Darter, pies, woman, 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 (Darter, pies, woman, 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:pg7439:5:4 # text = “Darter,” says she, “put you them there pies on the shelf, and leave 'em there a little, and they'll come again.”--She meant, you know, the crust would get soft. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Darter darter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 12 there their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Typo=Yes 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 pies pie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 shelf shelf NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 20 'em they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 crust crust NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 43 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Darter | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | | you | | the shelf | | | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | | 'em *= they* | | there | | a little *obl:unmarked* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | future | pies *= pie* | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **mean** | past | woman | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **get** | would | the crust | | | | | soft *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/5/) - ↑ back to [Tom Tit Tot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/)