--- title: In my _Æsop_, i., 140-1, I have pointed out an earlier version in Ph… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In my _Æsop_, i., 140-1, I have pointed out an earlier version in Phædrus where it occurs (as in the prose versions) as the fable of _Mercury and the two Women_, one of whom wishes to see her babe when it has a beard; the other, that everything she touches which she would find useful in her professi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [LXV. the Three Wishes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/) / 6 # More English Fairy Tales, LXV. the Three Wishes, sentence 6 In my \_Æsop\_, i., 140-1, I have pointed out an earlier version in Phædrus where it occurs (as in the prose versions) as the fable of \_Mercury and the two Women\_, one of whom wishes to see her babe when it has a beard; the other, that everything she touches which she would find useful in her profession, may follow her. **Who acts:** I, version, everything, Phædrus · **What happens:** point out, occur, wish, see, have, touch · **To what, where:** earlier version, prose versions, babe, beard, Phædrus · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, LXV. the Three Wishes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, version, everything, Phædrus), 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:pg14241:56:6 # text = In my _Æsop_, i., 140-1, I have pointed out an earlier version in Phædrus where it occurs (as in the prose versions) as the fable of _Mercury and the two Women_, one of whom wishes to see her babe when it has a beard; the other, that everything she touches which she would find useful in her profession, may follow her. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Æsop Æsop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 i. i. X FW Foreign=Yes 4 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 140-1 140-1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 pointed point VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 earlier early ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 amod _ _ 17 version version NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Phædrus Phædrus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 occurs occur VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 prose prose NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 versions version NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 fable fable NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Mercury Mercury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 Women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 parataxis _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 45 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 babe babe NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 ccomp _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 det _ _ 60 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 62 nsubj _ _ 61 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 touches touch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 63 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 66 obj _ _ 64 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 ccomp _ _ 67 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 xcomp _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 profession profession NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 conj _ _ 74 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point out** | present · perfect | I | a earlier version | | | | in Phædrus; in my Æsop | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent version=Patient in æsop=Theme | | 2 | **occur** | present | version | the prose versions | | | | as the fable of Mercury and the two Women | tree rules | | 3 | **wish** | present | | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | Phædrus's babe | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | present | version | a beard | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient | | 6 | **touch** | present | everything | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **find** | would | Phædrus | | | | | useful *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 8 | **follow** | may | Phædrus *not said here* | Phædrus | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/7/) - ↑ back to [LXV. the Three Wishes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/)