--- title: He begged his master to take a part of it; but Mr. Fitzwarren said,… — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · tree and pragmatics description: He begged his master to take a part of it; but Mr. Fitzwarren said, "No, it is all your own; and I feel sure that you will make good use of it." Who acts: boy, Fitzwarren, part, 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 (boy, Fitzwarren, part, 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:pg18442:53:24 # text = He begged his master to take a part of it; but Mr. Fitzwarren said, "No, it is all your own; and I feel sure that you will make good use of it." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:desc _ _ 14 Fitzwarren Fitzwarren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 24 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | boy | boy's master | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent master=Recipient | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | a part of part | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fitzwarren Mr. | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | part | | | | | own *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | boy | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | future | you | good use of part | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Product | | 7 | **use** *in a quote* | | | part | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/53/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/53/25/) - ↑ back to [V. the Fortune.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/53/)