--- title: I have not come to beg for money, but only to ask if you will give m… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I have not come to beg for money, but only to ask if you will give me those unfinished houses of yours in the city, and I will make them watertight, so that my wife and children can live in them, and that will save our rent. Who acts: I, you, wife, that. 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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, wife, that), 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:pg3454:19:46 # text = I have not come to beg for money, but only to ask if you will give me those unfinished houses of yours in the city, and I will make them watertight, so that my wife and children can live in them, and that will save our rent. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 unfinished unfinished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 watertight watertight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 35 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 50 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 rent rent NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | for money | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for money=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | that unfinished houses of yours | me | the city | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient house=Theme | | 5 | **make** | future | I | tears *= tear* | | | | watertight *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | | 6 | **live** | can | my wife and children | | | | | in tears *= tear* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in they=Location | | 7 | **save** | future | that | our rent | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Theme | | 8 | **rent** | | our | | | | | | nom rent «possession transitive»: poss=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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/47/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/)