--- title: "I don't want thy help, I tell thee," Tom yelled at him--"I only wan… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I don't want thy help, I tell thee," Tom yelled at him--"I only want never to see thee again, and to have nought more to do with 'ee--thou can go." Who acts: Tom, thou, thy. 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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 (Tom, thou, thy), 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:pg14241:18:4 # text = "I don't want thy help, I tell thee," Tom yelled at him--"I only want never to see thee again, and to have nought more to do with 'ee--thou can go." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 yelled yell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 23 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 32 nought nought PRON NN PronType=Neg 31 obj _ _ 33 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ee ee NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Tom | thy help | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Tom | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | | 3 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | Tom | | | | | at st | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at he=Stimulus | | 4 | **want** *in a quote* | present | Tom | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **see** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* | thee | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | nought | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | with ee | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | can | thou | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **help** *in a quote* | | thy | | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/5/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/)