--- title: I am tired of the town; if you will give me leave, I will take my se… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I am tired of the town; if you will give me leave, I will take my servants to-morrow and will go into the country and hunt on the hill-skirts; and when I have taken some game I will come back, at evening-prayer time.” Who acts: 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 (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:pg3282:1:31 # text = I am tired of the town; if you will give me leave, I will take my servants to-morrow and will go into the country and hunt on the hill-skirts; and when I have taken some game I will come back, at evening-prayer time.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 hunt hunt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 skirts skirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 42 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 back back ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | of the town; tired *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | | me | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | future | I | my servants | | morrow | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent servant=Theme to morrow=Destination | | 5 | **go** | future | I *not said here* | | | the country | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into country=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **hunt** | present | I *not said here* | | | the hill skirts | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on skirt=Location | | 7 | **take** | present · perfect | I | some game | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | | 8 | **come back** | future | I | some game *not said here* | | | time | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location game=Theme | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/32/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/)