--- title: “Listen to me,” he said, “whenever you want money, you only have to… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Listen to me,” he said, “whenever you want money, you only have to say: ‘Show me what you can do, cock,’ and you will see some wonderful things. Who acts: Father, 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 (Father, 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:pg3282:9:86 # text = “Listen to me,” he said, “whenever you want money, you only have to say: ‘Show me what you can do, cock,’ and you will see some wonderful things. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 14 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 obj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 cock cock VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 38 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | Father | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to i=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **want** *in a quote* | present | you | money | | | | whenever *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **show** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | Father | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | can | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **cock** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **see** *in a quote* | future | you | some wonderful things | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/87/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/)