--- title: 'Come hither, my son,' said he; 'I know myself well to be dying, and… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Come hither, my son,' said he; 'I know myself well to be dying, and I have nothing to leave you but my falcon, my cat and my greyhound; but if you make good use of them you will never lack food. Who acts: man, I, you. 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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 (man, I, you), 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:pg3027:13:78 # text = 'Come hither, my son,' said he; 'I know myself well to be dying, and I have nothing to leave you but my falcon, my cat and my greyhound; but if you make good use of them you will never lack food. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 3 hither hither ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 15 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 19 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 24 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 falcon falcon NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 greyhound greyhound NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 42 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 lack lack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 50 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | my son *vocative*; hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** | present | I | myself | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer myself=Stimulus | | 4 | **die** | to-infinitive · progressive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **have** | present | I | nothing | | | | my cat and my greyhound *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 6 | **leave** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | good use of plans | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **lack** | future | you | food | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **use** | | | plans *= plan* | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=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:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/)