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title: "Give me the money," said the courtier; and he began with the first,… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: "Give me the money," said the courtier; and he began with the first, and gave him a whack over the shoulders that he groaned, and said, "There is one," and he served all of them that they groaned; but when he came to the last he gave him a good blow, saying, "Here is the twelfth man." Who acts: cour
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# More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 19, sentence 102

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"Give me the money," said the courtier; and he began with the first, and gave him a whack over the shoulders that he groaned, and said, "There is one," and he served all of them that they groaned; but when he came to the last he gave him a good blow, saying, "Here is the twelfth man."

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**Who acts:** courtier, one, men, saying · **What happens:** give, say, begin, groan, be, serve · **To what, where:** money, courtier, whack, shoulders, all, last · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (courtier, one, men, saying), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg14241:33:102
# text = "Give me the money," said the courtier; and he began with the first, and gave him a whack over the shoulders that he groaned, and said, "There is one," and he served all of them that they groaned; but when he came to the last he gave him a good blow, saying, "Here is the twelfth man."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	courtier	courtier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	iobj	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	whack	whack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	over	over	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
27	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	29	obj	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	groaned	groan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	36	expl	_	_
36	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	ccomp	_	_
37	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	36	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	36	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
43	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	42	obj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nmod	_	_
46	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
47	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	groaned	groan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
50	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
51	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	53	advmod	_	_
52	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	advcl	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	last	last	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
57	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
59	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	iobj	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
64	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	71	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
66	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	67	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	64	advmod	_	_
68	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	71	cop	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
70	twelfth	twelfth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	71	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	71	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the money | the courtier *= courtier* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient money=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the courtier |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **begin** | past | courtier |  |  |  |  | with the first | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with first=Subeventuality |
| 4 | **give** | past | the courtier *not said here* | a whack | courtier | the shoulders |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient whack=Theme |
| 5 | **groan** | past | courtier | the shoulders |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | one |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **serve** | past | courtier | all |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Attribute |
| 9 | **groan** | past | men *= man* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **come** | past | courtier |  |  | the last |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to last=Initial\_Location |
| 11 | **give** | past | courtier | a good blow | Sir |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient blow=Theme |
| 12 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  | here |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 13 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | saying | the twelfth man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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