--- title: The butler said, "Never you trouble, I'll put them right." and he ra… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The butler said, "Never you trouble, I'll put them right." and he ran back, while she took her feathers, and said: "By virtue of my three feathers may the shutters slash and bang till morning, and John not be able to fasten them nor yet to get his fingers free from them." 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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 (butler, you, girl, shutters), 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:pg14241:18:39 # text = The butler said, "Never you trouble, I'll put them right." and he ran back, while she took her feathers, and said: "By virtue of my three feathers may the shutters slash and bang till morning, and John not be able to fasten them nor yet to get his fingers free from them." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 butler butler NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 back back ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 while while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 By by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 ccomp _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 38 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 shutters shutter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 slash slash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 bang bang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 44 till till ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 51 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 fasten fasten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 56 cc _ _ 56 yet yet ADV RB _ 53 conj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ _ 61 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 xcomp _ _ 62 from from ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the butler | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **trouble** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **put** *in a quote* | future | the butler *= butler* | shutters *= shutter* | | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | | 4 | **run back** | past | butler | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | girl | girl's feathers | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **slash** *in a quote* | may | the shutters | | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP.instrument V ADVP»: agent=Instrument | | 8 | **bang** *in a quote* | present | the shutters *not said here* | | | | morning | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | John | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **fasten** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | John *not said here* | shutters *= shutter* | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 11 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | John *not said here* | John's fingers | | | | free *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer finger=Stimulus | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/40/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/)