--- title: Mr. Fitzwarren wanted to give his servants a chance for good fortune… — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Fitzwarren wanted to give his servants a chance for good fortune too, and so he called all of them into the parlor, and asked if they had anything they would like to send out in the ship for trade. Who acts: Fitzwarren, servants. 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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 (Fitzwarren, servants), 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:pg18442:51:3 # text = Mr. Fitzwarren wanted to give his servants a chance for good fortune too, and so he called all of them into the parlor, and asked if they had anything they would like to send out in the ship for trade. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Fitzwarren Fitzwarren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 iobj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 parlor parlor NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 31 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 30 obj _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Fitzwarren Mr. | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Fitzwarren Mr. *not said here* | a chance | Fitzwarren's servants | | | for good fortune | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient chance=Theme for fortune=Asset | | 3 | **call** | past | Fitzwarren | all | | the parlor | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent all=Topic into parlor=Recipient | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Fitzwarren Mr. *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | servants *= servant* | anything | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 6 | **like** | would | servants *= servant* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **send out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | servants *= servant* *not said here* | | | the ship for trade | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in ship=Destination | 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:** «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 18442 (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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/51/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/51/4/) - ↑ back to [III. the Venture.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/51/)