--- title: ‘No, you gave it me for playing a tune to you.’ said the countryman;… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘No, you gave it me for playing a tune to you.’ said the countryman; but the judge told him that was not likely, and cut the matter short by ordering him off to the gallows. Who acts: you, countryman, judge, that. 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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, countryman, judge, that), 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:pg2591:33:33 # text = ‘No, you gave it me for playing a tune to you.’ said the countryman; but the judge told him that was not likely, and cut the matter short by ordering him off to the gallows. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 countryman countryman NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 35 by by SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 ordering order VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 off off ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | you | tale | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient it=Theme | | 2 | **play** | gerund | you *not said here* | a tune | you | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the countryman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the judge | | countryman | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | that | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **cut** | infinitive | | the matter | | | | short *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset matter=Product | | 7 | **order off** | gerund | | | judge | | | to the gallows | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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/pg2591/33/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/34/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)