--- title: So after a bit the footman comes to her and said he: "I have been wi… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So after a bit the footman comes to her and said he: "I have been with my master for years and have saved up a good bit, and you have been three years here, and must have saved up as well. Who acts: footman, you. 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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 (footman, you), 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:pg14241:18:49 # text = So after a bit the footman comes to her and said he: "I have been with my master for years and have saved up a good bit, and you have been three years here, and must have saved up as well. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 footman footman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 35 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux _ _ 42 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 42 advmod _ _ 45 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | the footman | | coachman | | after a bit | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | footman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | footman | | | | year | with my master | tree rules | | 4 | **save up** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the footman *not said here* | a good bit | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | | | year | here *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **save up** *in a quote* | must · perfect | the footman *not said here* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/50/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/)