--- title: “Give me leave to go to the next village—I owe a small bill there, a… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Give me leave to go to the next village—I owe a small bill there, and I want to go and pay it”; and as there was nothing to be done in the palace the housekeeper gave him leave. Who acts: you, prince, housekeeper. 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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, prince, housekeeper), 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:pg2435:3:41 # text = “Give me leave to go to the next village—I owe a small bill there, and I want to go and pay it”; and as there was nothing to be done in the palace the housekeeper gave him leave. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 — - PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 owe owe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 32 expl _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 housekeeper housekeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | the prince *= prince* | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the next village | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to village=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **owe** *in a quote* | present | the prince *= prince* | a small bill | | there | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent bill=Theme | | 5 | **want** *in a quote* | present | the prince *= prince* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **go** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the prince *= prince* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **pay** *in a quote* | infinitive | the prince *= prince* *not said here* | bill | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | | 8 | **is a** | past | | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* | | | the palace | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 10 | **give** | past | the housekeeper | | news | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **leave** | infinitive | the housekeeper *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/42/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/)