--- title: "You may have luxuries and dainties that I have not," she said as sh… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: "You may have luxuries and dainties that I have not," she said as she hurried away, "but I prefer my plain food and simple life in the country with the peace and security that go with it." Who acts: You, Mouse, security. 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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 (You, Mouse, security), 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:pg19994:13:14 # text = "You may have luxuries and dainties that I have not," she said as she hurried away, "but I prefer my plain food and simple life in the country with the peace and security that go with it." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 luxuries luxury NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 dainties dainty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 19 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 prefer prefer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 security security NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | may | You | luxuries and dainties | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | present | Mouse | luxuries and dainties | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mouse | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **hurry away** | past | Mouse | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **prefer** *in a quote* | present | Mouse | my plain food and simple life | | the country | | with the peace and security | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | present | security | | | | | with country | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with it=Beneficiary | 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:** «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 19994 (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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/13/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/13/15/) - ↑ back to [The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/13/)