--- title: In payment the old man gave him a nut, and offered to keep him for a… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In payment the old man gave him a nut, and offered to keep him for another year; but Peter was home-sick; and, besides, he would rather have been paid ever so small a piece of money than a nut; for, thought he, nuts grow on every tree, and I can gather as many as I like. 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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 (old man, Peter, nuts, I), 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:pg2435:27:58 # text = In payment the old man gave him a nut, and offered to keep him for another year; but Peter was home-sick; and, besides, he would rather have been paid ever so small a piece of money than a nut; for, thought he, nuts grow on every tree, and I can gather as many as I like. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 home home ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 besides besides INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 33 rather rather ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 37 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 39 advmod _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 parataxis _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 than than ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ _ 54 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 57 det _ _ 57 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 63 as as ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 obj _ _ 65 as as SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the old man | a nut | Peter | payment | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient nut=Theme | | 2 | **offer** | participle | the old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* | Peter | | | year | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | Peter | | | | | home, sick *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **pay** | would · perfect · passive | | Peter | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | participle · passive | | Peter | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **grow** | present | nuts | | | every tree | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Location | | 8 | **gather** | can | I | many | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Theme | | 9 | **like** | present | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/59/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/)