--- title: You told me to drink so as to get a coat o' clay; but as I'm a wise… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: You told me to drink so as to get a coat o' clay; but as I'm a wise man now I don't mind helping thee along in the world a bit, for though I'm a smart fellow I'm not too proud to my friends." Who acts: You, I, wise man. 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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, I, wise man), 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:pg14241:22:94 # text = You told me to drink so as to get a coat o' clay; but as I'm a wise man now I don't mind helping thee along in the world a bit, for though I'm a smart fellow I'm not too proud to my friends." 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 14 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 28 helping help VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 xcomp _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obj _ _ 30 along along ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 though though SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 parataxis _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 47 too too ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 acl:relcl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | You | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **drink** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | a coat | | | | of clay | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coat=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | present | I | a wise man | | | now | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **mind** | present · do-support | a wise man | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **help** | gerund | a wise man *not said here* | thee | | the world | | a bit *obl:unmarked*; along *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Beneficiary | | 7 | **is a** | present | I | a smart fellow | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **is** | present | I | a smart fellow *not said here* | | | | to my friends; proud *property* | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/22/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/22/95/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/22/)