--- title: Well, she got him to bring the savings to her as the others had, and… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well, she got him to bring the savings to her as the others had, and then she pretended she was faint, and said to him: "James, I feel so queer, run down cellar for me, that's a dear, and fetch me up a drop of brandy." Who acts: coachman, footman, others, that. 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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 (coachman, footman, others, that), 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:pg14241:18:51 # text = Well, she got him to bring the savings to her as the others had, and then she pretended she was faint, and said to him: "James, I feel so queer, run down cellar for me, that's a dear, and fetch me up a drop of brandy." 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 savings savings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 queer queer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 39 down down ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 up up ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 brandy brandy NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | coachman | footman | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | footman *not said here* | the savings | coachman | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent savings=Theme to she=Destination | | 3 | **have** | past | the others | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pretend** | past | coachman | | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | coachman | | | | | faint *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | footman | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 7 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | footman | | | | | queer *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **run down** *in a quote* | infinitive | footman *not said here* | cellar | | | | for footman | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cellar=Product for i=Beneficiary | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | dear *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **fetch up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a drop of brandy | footman | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary drop=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:** «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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/52/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/)