--- title: "Certainly," answered Reynard, "you are not a bit better than nothin… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: "Certainly," answered Reynard, "you are not a bit better than nothing at all, you don't in the least satisfy me; make me a promise, that I shall have the hens in your father's yard, and you shall regain your liberty." Who acts: Reynard, you, least. 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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 (Reynard, you, least), 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:pg11027:22:70 # text = "Certainly," answered Reynard, "you are not a bit better than nothing at all, you don't in the least satisfy me; make me a promise, that I shall have the hens in your father's yard, and you shall regain your liberty." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Certainly certainly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Reynard Reynard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 parataxis _ _ 15 than than ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 14 obl _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 23 in in SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 nsubj _ _ 26 satisfy satisfy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 regain regain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Reynard | | | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | than nothing; a bit *obl:unmarked*; good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **satisfy** *in a quote* | infinitive | the least | Reynard | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | the least *not said here* | a promise | Reynard | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary promise=Product | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | Reynard | the hens | | | | in your father's yard | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Patient | | 7 | **regain** *in a quote* | shall | you | your liberty | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liberty=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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/71/) - ↑ back to [The Travels of Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/)