--- title: True's true I'll never help thee again, and call as thou wilt, thou… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: True's true I'll never help thee again, and call as thou wilt, thou 'lt never see me after to-day; but I never said that I'd leave thee alone, Tom, and I never will, my lad! Who acts: I, thou. 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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 (I, thou), 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:pg14241:18:7 # text = True's true I'll never help thee again, and call as thou wilt, thou 'lt never see me after to-day; but I never said that I'd leave thee alone, Tom, and I never will, my lad! 1 True True PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obj _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 lt lt NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 after after ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 36 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 obj _ _ 37 alone alone ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **help** | future | I | thee | | | again | my lad *vocative* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Beneficiary | | 2 | **call** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **see** | infinitive | thou | me | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **leave** | would | I | thee | | | | Tom *vocative*; alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/8/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/)