--- title: Everybody burst out a laughing--the princess could not stop no more… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Everybody burst out a laughing--the princess could not stop no more than the rest; and then says Tom, "Now, ma'am, if there were fifty halves of you, I hope you'll give me them all." Who acts: Everybody, princess, Tom, fifty halves. 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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 (Everybody, princess, Tom, fifty halves), 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:pg7885:33:93 # text = Everybody burst out a laughing--the princess could not stop no more than the rest; and then says Tom, "Now, ma'am, if there were fifty halves of you, I hope you'll give me them all." 1 Everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 12 no no ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 obj _ _ 14 than than ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 ma'am ma'am NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 31 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 halves half NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst out** | past | Everybody | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **laugh** | gerund | Everybody *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **stop** | could | the princess | more | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector more=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tom | | | | then; now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | fifty halves of you | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hope** *in a quote* | present | Tom | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | future | you | | arms *= arm* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient they=Theme | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/94/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)