--- title: ‘I sent a slave with some grain to your sister to buy some pumpkins,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I sent a slave with some grain to your sister to buy some pumpkins, but she would not sell me any, and told me there were none, though I know she lets other people buy them.’ Who acts: I, sister, none, other people. 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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, sister, none, other people), 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:pg3454:20:80 # text = ‘I sent a slave with some grain to your sister to buy some pumpkins, but she would not sell me any, and told me there were none, though I know she lets other people buy them.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 14 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 15 pumpkins pumpkin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 30 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 though though SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 37 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 buy buy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 xcomp _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | I | a slave | your sister | | | with some grain | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent slave=Theme to sister=Destination | | 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | some pumpkins | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pumpkin=Theme | | 3 | **not** **sell** | would | sister | any | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient any=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I *not said here* | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **be** | past | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **let** | present | sister | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **buy** | present | other people | pumpkins *= pumpkin* | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/81/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/)