--- title: ‘Fair and softly,’ said the little old man; ‘right is right; I have… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Fair and softly,’ said the little old man; ‘right is right; I have paid my money, and your father has had it, and spent it; so be so good as to let me have what I paid it for.’ Who acts: little old man, right, I, father. 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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 (little old man, right, I, father), 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:pg2591:51:27 # text = ‘Fair and softly,’ said the little old man; ‘right is right; I have paid my money, and your father has had it, and spent it; so be so good as to let me have what I paid it for.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 softly softly ADV RB _ 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 csubj _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 43 obj _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the little old man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | right | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **pay** | present · perfect | I | my money | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset | | 4 | **have** | present · perfect | your father | right | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **spend** | past | your father *not said here* | right | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **let** | to-infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | | 9 | **pay** | past | I | right | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/28/) - ↑ back to [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/)