--- title: I have a hundred wives, which I call together when I find a grain of… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I have a hundred wives, which I call together when I find a grain of corn, and as soon as they are there I swallow it myself; should one of them dare to be angry, I would give her a lesson with my beak. Who acts: I, dogs, one. 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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 (I, dogs, one), 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:pg2435:6:72 # text = I have a hundred wives, which I call together when I find a grain of corn, and as soon as they are there I swallow it myself; should one of them dare to be angry, I would give her a lesson with my beak. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 together together ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 20 as as ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advcl _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 swallow swallow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ _ 35 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | a hundred wives | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 2 | **call together** *speech: assert* | present | I | a hundred wives | | | | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | | 3 | **find** | present | I | a grain of corn | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Topic | | 4 | **is** | present | dogs *= dog* | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **swallow** | present | I | grain | | | | myself *obl*; soon *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **dare** | should | one of dogs | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | one of dogs *not said here* | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **give** | would | I | a lesson | wife | | | with my beak | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient lesson=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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/73/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/)