--- title: Before you go to bed to-night I will send to my eldest brother, and… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Before you go to bed to-night I will send to my eldest brother, and will tell him what you want, and he won't have much trouble in sending you on to the place where you must get the apples. Who acts: you, I, 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, 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:pg14241:26:138 # text = Before you go to bed to-night I will send to my eldest brother, and will tell him what you want, and he won't have much trouble in sending you on to the place where you must get the apples. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 amod _ _ 15 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 28 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 30 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 in in SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 on on ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | you | | | bed | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **send** | future | I | night *not said here* | my eldest brother | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent night=Theme to brother=Destination | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | | | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **want** | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 5 | **not** **have** | future | man | much trouble | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Patient | | 6 | **send on** | gerund | man *not said here* | | you | the place | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to place=Destination | | 7 | **get** | must | you | the apples | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer apple=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 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/137/) - next →: [sentence 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/139/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/)