--- title: “My father has more money than he knows what to do with, and he will… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “My father has more money than he knows what to do with, and he will give me as much as I want for both of us; only, there is one thing you must promise me, Rosald, that, supposing we have any adventures, you will let the honour and glory of them fall to me.” Who acts: father, Rosald, one thing, you --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/77/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/) / 77 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 77 “My father has more money than he knows what to do with, and he will give me as much as I want for both of us; only, there is one thing you must promise me, Rosald, that, supposing we have any adventures, you will let the honour and glory of them fall to me.” **Who acts:** father, Rosald, one thing, you, we, honour · **What happens:** have, know, do, give, want, be · **To what, where:** more money, much, Rosald, one thing, adventures · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, Rosald, one thing, 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:pg3282:12:77 # text = “My father has more money than he knows what to do with, and he will give me as much as I want for both of us; only, there is one thing you must promise me, Rosald, that, supposing we have any adventures, you will let the honour and glory of them fall to me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 than than SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 as as ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obj _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Rosald Rosald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 supposing suppose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 46 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 48 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 49 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nmod _ _ 60 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 parataxis _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | My father | more money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | father | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | future | father | much | Rosald | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient much=Theme | | 5 | **want** *in a quote* | present | Rosald | | | | | for us | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | present | one thing Rosald | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | must | you | one thing Rosald *not said here* | Rosald | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **suppose** *in a quote* | gerund | Rosald | Rosald *not said here* | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent rosald=Attribute clause=Theme | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | any adventures | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Patient | | 10 | **let** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **fall** *in a quote* | present | the honour and glory of things | | Rosald | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to i=Pivot | | 12 | **glory** *in a quote* | | things *= thing* | | | | | | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=agent | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/78/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/)