--- title: “You have one gift,” replied the old man, taking no notice of this s… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “You have one gift,” replied the old man, taking no notice of this speech, “and if you would only go about and play the pipes, you would easily earn, not only your daily bread, but a little money into the bargain. Who acts: You, old man. 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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, old man), 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:pg2435:10:94 # text = “You have one gift,” replied the old man, taking no notice of this speech, “and if you would only go about and play the pipes, you would easily earn, not only your daily bread, but a little money into the bargain. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 only only ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 27 about about ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 easily easily ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 earn earn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | You | one gift | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the old man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | no notice of this speech | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 4 | **go about** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | would | you | | | | | about *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **play** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the pipes | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme | | 6 | **earn** *in a quote* | would | you | your daily bread but a little money | | the bargain | | easily *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **notice** | | | this speech | | | | | nom notice «communication 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/95/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/)