--- title: "You would be finely put to shame if you had a goosegirl for your wi… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "You would be finely put to shame if you had a goosegirl for your wife!" said she; "go and ask one of the great ladies you will see to-night at the King's ball, and do not flout poor Tattercoats." Who acts: you, wife. 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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 (you, wife), 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:pg14241:21:3 # text = "You would be finely put to shame if you had a goosegirl for your wife!" said she; "go and ask one of the great ladies you will see to-night at the King's ball, and do not flout poor Tattercoats." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 finely finely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 shame shame VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 goosegirl goosegirl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 flout flout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 47 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 Tattercoats tattercoat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** *in a quote* | would · passive | | You | | | | finely *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 2 | **shame** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | you | a goosegirl | | | | for your wife | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goosegirl=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | wife | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | | one of the great ladies | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | future | you | the great ladies *not said here* | | the King's ball | night | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **flout** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | poor Tattercoats | | | | | tree rules | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/4/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/)