--- title: We had better give thee the lucky penny!"--But he answered, "I don't… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: We had better give thee the lucky penny!"--But he answered, "I don't want the lucky penny, give me the magic egg!"--"Come hither then," said he, "and thou shalt have it." Who acts: We, eagle, I, thou. 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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 (We, eagle, I, thou), 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:pg29672:24:60 # text = We had better give thee the lucky penny!"--But he answered, "I don't want the lucky penny, give me the magic egg!"--"Come hither then," said he, "and thou shalt have it." 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 3 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 iobj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 penny penny NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 19 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 penny penny NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ! ! PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 35 hither hither ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | We | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | infinitive | We *not said here* | the lucky penny | thee | | | well *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient penny=Theme | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | eagle | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | I | the lucky penny | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot penny=Theme | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the magic egg | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient egg=Theme | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | then | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | eagle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **have** | shall | thou | egg | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/61/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)