--- title: "Do not thus afflict yourself, my good master; you have only to give… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: "Do not thus afflict yourself, my good master; you have only to give me a bag, and get a pair of boots made for me, that I may scamper thro' the dirt and the brambles, and you shall see that you have not so bad a portion of me as you imagine." Who acts: you, Cat. 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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, Cat), 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:pg29021:10:49 # text = "Do not thus afflict yourself, my good master; you have only to give me a bag, and get a pair of boots made for me, that I may scamper thro' the dirt and the brambles, and you shall see that you have not so bad a portion of me as you imagine." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 thus thus ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 afflict afflict VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 27 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 scamper scamper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 35 thro thro NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 brambles bramble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 49 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 51 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nmod _ _ 57 as as SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 imagine imagine VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **afflict** *in a quote* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | yourself | | | | thus *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus yourself=Experiencer | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a bag | the Cat *= cat* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient bag=Theme | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a pair of boots | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pair=Stimulus | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | participle | | boots *not said here* | | | | for the Cat *= cat* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for i=Beneficiary | | 6 | **scamper** *in a quote* | may | the Cat *= cat* | thro | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | you | a bad portion of me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer portion=Stimulus | | 8 | **imagine** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/50/) - ↑ back to [Her With a Sauce Robert'"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/10/)