--- title: Folk told him that he could get everything he liked from the wise wo… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Folk told him that he could get everything he liked from the wise woman that lived on the top o' the hill, and dealt in potions and herbs and spells and things, and could tell thee! all as 'd come to thee or thy folk. Who acts: Folk, fool, wise woman. 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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 (Folk, fool, wise woman), 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:pg14241:25:114 # text = Folk told him that he could get everything he liked from the wise woman that lived on the top o' the hill, and dealt in potions and herbs and spells and things, and could tell thee! all as 'd come to thee or thy folk. 1 Folk Folk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 8 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 7 obj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 o o NOUN NN _ 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 dealt deal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 potions potion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 spells spell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ 41 all all ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 45 to to ADP TO _ 46 case _ _ 46 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obl _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Folk | | fool | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** | could | fool | everything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | | 3 | **like** | past | fool | | | | | from the wise woman | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **live** | past | the wise woman | | | the top o and the hill | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on o=Location | | 5 | **deal** | participle | Folk *not said here* | | | potions and herbs and spells and things | | | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | Folk *not said here* | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** | would | | | | thee | | all *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to thou=Initial\_Location | 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/115/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/)