--- title: “My master, the Count Piro, begs that you will send him at once the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “My master, the Count Piro, begs that you will send him at once the finest coat that you have in your shop,” said the fox, putting on his grandest air, “and if it fits him I will call and pay for it to-morrow! Who acts: master, you, fox, coat. 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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 (master, you, fox, coat), 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:pg2435:25:80 # text = “My master, the Count Piro, begs that you will send him at once the finest coat that you have in your shop,” said the fox, putting on his grandest air, “and if it fits him I will call and pay for it to-morrow! 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Count Count PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Piro Piro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 begs beg VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 13 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 amod _ _ 19 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obj _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 grandest grand ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 amod _ _ 36 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 fits fit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 parataxis _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | My master | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **send** *not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | master | | | | once *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | the finest coat | | your shop | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **put** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | | | fox's grandest air | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on air=Destination | | 6 | **fit** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | coat | fox | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **call** *in a quote* | future | the fox *= fox* | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **pay** *in a quote* | infinitive | the fox *= fox* *not said here* | | | | | for coat; to morrow | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=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:** «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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/81/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/)