--- title: I have retained “Aih-late-wee-moul,” though I candidly confess I hav… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I have retained “Aih-late-wee-moul,” though I candidly confess I have not the slightest idea what it means; judging other children by myself, I do not think that makes the response less effective. Who acts: I, Aih, idea, that. 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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 (I, Aih, idea, that), 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:pg7439:82:3 # text = I have retained “Aih-late-wee-moul,” though I candidly confess I have not the slightest idea what it means; judging other children by myself, I do not think that makes the response less effective. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 retained retain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Aih Aih PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 moul moul NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 14 though though SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 candidly candidly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 confess confess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 slightest slight ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 obj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 28 judging judge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ _ 43 effective effective ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retain** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **moul** *in a quote* | | Aih | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **confess** | present | I | | | | | candidly *property* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** | present | I | the slightest idea | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | | 5 | **mean** | present | idea | the slightest idea | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 6 | **judge** | gerund | I *not said here* | other children | | | | by myself | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent child=Value | | 7 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **make** | present | that | the response | | | | effective *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset response=Product | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/82/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/82/4/) - ↑ back to [XXXII. the Strange Visitor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/82/)