--- title: So when the letters were written and the money put in a purse, they… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So when the letters were written and the money put in a purse, they tied it round the hare's neck, saying, "First you go to Lancaster, then thou must go to Loughborough, and Newarke is our landlord, and commend us to him and there is his dues." Who acts: letter, you, thou, Newarke. 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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 (letter, you, thou, Newarke), 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:pg14241:33:85 # text = So when the letters were written and the money put in a purse, they tied it round the hare's neck, saying, "First you go to Lancaster, then thou must go to Loughborough, and Newarke is our landlord, and commend us to him and there is his dues." 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 round round ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 advmod _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Lancaster Lancaster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 34 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 35 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Loughborough Loughborough PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 Newarke Newarke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 landlord landlord NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 commend commend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 48 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 53 expl _ _ 53 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 dues due NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past · passive | | the letters | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **put** | participle · passive | | the money | | a purse | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in purse=Destination | | 3 | **tie** | past | letter | money | | | | round the hare's neck | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | letter *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | present | you | | | Lancaster | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lancaster=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | must | thou | | | Loughborough | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to loughborough=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Newarke | our landlord | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **commend** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | hare | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 9 | **does** *in a quote* | present | hare's dues | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/86/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/)