--- title: That looked out of the corner of that's eyes, and that said: “I'll g… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: That looked out of the corner of that's eyes, and that said: “I'll give you three guesses every night to guess my name, and if you haven't guessed it before the month's up you shall be mine.” Who acts: That, I, you, my. 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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 (That, I, you, my), 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:pg7439:5:52 # text = That looked out of the corner of that's eyes, and that said: “I'll give you three guesses every night to guess my name, and if you haven't guessed it before the month's up you shall be mine.” 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 guesses guess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 24 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 34 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 guessed guess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 before before SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 up up ADP IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look out** | past | That | the corner | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | | | of eyes | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | that | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | future | I | three guesses | you | | night | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient guess=Theme | | 5 | **guess** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my name | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 6 | **not** **guess** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect | you | name | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | you | mine | | | month | | tree rules | | 8 | **name** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/53/) - ↑ back to [Tom Tit Tot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/)