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title: And she thought it was very dangerous to have that mallet there, for… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: And she thought it was very dangerous to have that mallet there, for she said to herself: “Suppose him and me was to be married, and we was to have a son, and he was to grow up to be a man, and come down into the cellar to draw the beer, like as I'm doing now, and the mallet was to fall on his head 
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# English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, sentence 5

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And she thought it was very dangerous to have that mallet there, for she said to herself: “Suppose him and me was to be married, and we was to have a son, and he was to grow up to be a man, and come down into the cellar to draw the beer, like as I'm doing now, and the mallet was to fall on his head and kill him, what a dreadful thing it would be!”

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**Who acts:** daughter, it, we, gentleman, mallet · **What happens:** think, be, have, say, suppose, marry · **To what, where:** mallet, daughter, gentleman, son, man, cellar · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Three Sillies. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, it, we, gentleman), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7439:7:5
# text = And she thought it was very dangerous to have that mallet there, for she said to herself: “Suppose him and me was to be married, and we was to have a son, and he was to grow up to be a man, and come down into the cellar to draw the beer, like as I'm doing now, and the mallet was to fall on his head and kill him, what a dreadful thing it would be!”
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	csubj	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	mallet	mallet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
20	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	Suppose	suppose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	ccomp	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
24	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
31	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
40	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	parataxis	_	_
43	up	up	ADP	RP	_	42	compound:prt	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	47	mark	_	_
45	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	cop	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	ccomp	_	_
51	down	down	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
52	into	into	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
55	to	to	PART	TO	_	56	mark	_	_
56	draw	draw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	50	advcl	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
60	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	64	mark	_	_
61	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	64	mark	_	_
62	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	64	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	64	aux	_	_
64	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	56	advcl	_	_
65	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	64	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
67	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	mallet	mallet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	nsubj	_	_
70	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	72	cop	_	_
71	to	to	PART	TO	_	72	mark	_	_
72	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
73	on	on	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	75	nmod:poss	_	_
75	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obl	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
77	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	72	conj	_	_
78	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	77	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	83	punct	_	_
80	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	83	nsubj	_	_
81	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
82	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	83	amod	_	_
83	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	parataxis	_	_
84	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	86	nsubj	_	_
85	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	86	aux	_	_
86	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	83	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	72	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	72	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | daughter |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | to-infinitive |  | that mallet |  | there |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mallet=Patient |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | daughter |  | daughter |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **suppose** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | gentleman |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 6 | **marry** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | daughter |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 7 | **have** *in a quote* | past | we | a son |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient |
| 8 | **is** *in a quote* | past | gentleman |  |  |  |  | grow *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | gentleman *not said here* | a man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **come down** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  | the cellar |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into cellar=Initial\_Location |
| 11 | **draw** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | the beer |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Theme |
| 12 | **do** *in a quote* | present · progressive | daughter |  |  |  | now |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 13 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the mallet |  |  | gentleman's head |  | fall *property* | tree rules |
| 14 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive | the mallet *not said here* | gentleman |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 15 | **thing** *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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