--- title: ‘If I have only a piece of bread (and I certainly shall always be ab… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If I have only a piece of bread (and I certainly shall always be able to get that), I can, whenever I like, eat my butter and cheese with it; and when I am thirsty I can milk my cow and drink the milk: and what can I wish for more?’ Who acts: I. 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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), 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:pg2591:3:33 # text = ‘If I have only a piece of bread (and I certainly shall always be able to get that), I can, whenever I like, eat my butter and cheese with it; and when I am thirsty I can milk my cow and drink the milk: and what can I wish for more?’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 13 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 17 advmod _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 when when SCONJ WRB _ 42 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 parataxis _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 57 obj _ _ 55 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 parataxis _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ? ? PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | a piece of bread | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient | | 2 | **is** | shall | I | | | | | able, always, certainly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 4 | **like** | present | I | | | | | whenever *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **eat** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my butter and cheese | | | | with butter | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butter=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | I | | | | | thirsty *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **cow** | can | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **drink** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the milk | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient | | 9 | **wish** | can | I | my milk cow | | | | for more | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/34/) - ↑ back to [Hans in Luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/)