--- title: But his wife said, ‘Pray let the poor faithful creature live; he has… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But his wife said, ‘Pray let the poor faithful creature live; he has served us well a great many years, and we ought to give him a livelihood for the rest of his days.’ Who acts: wife, Pray, poor faithful creature, shepherd. 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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 (wife, Pray, poor faithful creature, shepherd), 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:pg2591:6:3 # text = But his wife said, ‘Pray let the poor faithful creature live; he has served us well a great many years, and we ought to give him a livelihood for the rest of his days.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Pray Pray PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 18 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 livelihood livelihood NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | shepherd's wife | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** | past | Pray | the poor faithful creature | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Theme | | 3 | **live** | present | the poor faithful creature *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **serve** | present · perfect | shepherd | us | | | year | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Attribute | | 5 | **give** | to-infinitive | shepherd *not said here* | a livelihood | shepherd | | | for the rest of shepherd's days | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient livelihood=Theme for rest=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/6/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/6/4/) - ↑ back to [Old Sultan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/6/)