--- title: I would have been thy friend and worked for thee if thou had been wi… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I would have been thy friend and worked for thee if thou had been wise; but since thou bee'st no more than a born fool I'll give 'ee no more than a born fool's luck; and when all goes vicey-varsy, and everything agee--thou 'lt mind that it's Yallery Brown's doing though m'appen thou doesn't see him. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/) / 9 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 4, sentence 9 I would have been thy friend and worked for thee if thou had been wise; but since thou bee'st no more than a born fool I'll give 'ee no more than a born fool's luck; and when all goes vicey-varsy, and everything agee--thou 'lt mind that it's Yallery Brown's doing though m'appen thou doesn't see him. **Who acts:** I, thou, all, varsy, Yallery · **What happens:** be, work, bear, give, go, lt · **To what, where:** friend, ee, vicey varsy, m'appen This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 4. 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, all, varsy), 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:pg14241:18:9 # text = I would have been thy friend and worked for thee if thou had been wise; but since thou bee'st no more than a born fool I'll give 'ee no more than a born fool's luck; and when all goes vicey-varsy, and everything agee--thou 'lt mind that it's Yallery Brown's doing though m'appen thou doesn't see him. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 obl _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 15 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 since since ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 20 bee'st bee' ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 parataxis _ _ 21 no no ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 than than ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ee ee NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 no no ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 amod _ _ 34 than than ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 when when SCONJ WRB _ 44 mark _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 nsubj _ _ 44 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 45 vicey vicey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 varsy varsy NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 51 compound _ _ 51 agee agee NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 56 nsubj _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 lt lt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 amod _ _ 56 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 appos _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 60 Yallery Yallery PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 61 Brown Brown PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 62 's 's PART POS _ 60 case _ _ 63 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 advcl _ _ 64 though though SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 65 m'appen m'appen NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 66 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 65 obj _ _ 67 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 68 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 69 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 advcl _ _ 70 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | would · perfect | I | thy friend | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **work** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | for thee | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for thou=Beneficiary | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | thou | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **give** | future | I | ee | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ee=Theme | | 6 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **go** | present | all | vicey varsy | | | | everything agee *obl* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location varsy=Theme | | 8 | **lt** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **mind** | | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | present | varsy | | | | | 's Yallery | tree rules | | 11 | **do** | gerund | Yallery | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **not** **see** | present · do-support | Yallery *not said here* | m'appen | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/10/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/)