--- title: “Well, I don’t mind,” replied the Lapp, who was a prudent man, and d… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Well, I don’t mind,” replied the Lapp, who was a prudent man, and did not wish the fox to think him too eager; “but show me first what money you have got.” Who acts: Lapp, money. 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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 (Lapp, money), 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:pg3282:27:19 # text = “Well, I don’t mind,” replied the Lapp, who was a prudent man, and did not wish the fox to think him too eager; “but show me first what money you have got.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Lapp Lapp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 prudent prudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 too too ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 show show VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 advmod _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 38 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mind** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Lapp *= lapp* | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Lapp | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | past | the Lapp | a prudent man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **wish** | past · do-support | | the fox | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fox=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | fox | | | | eager *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 6 | **show** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the Lapp *= lapp* | | | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | money | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/20/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/)