--- title: I have got a job to do, and I want to know if your husband will lend… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I have got a job to do, and I want to know if your husband will lend me your mules, as I see he is not using them, and can lend me a hand himself?” Who acts: I, husband. 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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, husband), 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:pg3282:21:92 # text = I have got a job to do, and I want to know if your husband will lend me your mules, as I see he is not using them, and can lend me a hand himself?” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 mules mule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 ccomp _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 lend lend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · perfect | I | a job | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a job *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **want** | present | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **lend** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | your husband | your mules | me | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient mule=Theme | | 6 | **see** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **use** | present · progressive | husband | mules *= mule* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 8 | **lend** | can | | a hand | me | | | husband *obl:unmarked* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/21/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/21/93/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/21/)