--- title: Well, they gave her a coat of beaten gold, but still she would not t… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well, they gave her a coat of beaten gold, but still she would not take him, but went to the henwife, who said, "Say you will not take him unless they give you a coat made of the feathers of all the birds of the air." Who acts: geese, first, henwife, you. 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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 (geese, first, henwife, you), 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:pg14241:31:76 # text = Well, they gave her a coat of beaten gold, but still she would not take him, but went to the henwife, who said, "Say you will not take him unless they give you a coat made of the feathers of all the birds of the air." 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 henwife henwife NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | geese *= goose* | a coat of beaten gold | first | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient coat=Theme | | 2 | **beat** | participle | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **take** | would | first | | henwife | | still | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 4 | **go** | past | geese *= goose* *not said here* | | | the henwife | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to henwife=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the henwife | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **take** *in a quote* | future | you | | henwife | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 8 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | geese *= goose* | a coat | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient coat=Theme | | 9 | **make** *in a quote* | participle | | a coat *not said here* | | | | of the feathers of all birds of the air | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/77/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/)