--- title: ‘If anyone should come who wants to buy me,’ said he, ‘you are to te… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If anyone should come who wants to buy me,’ said he, ‘you are to tell him that you want a hundred dollars for me; but you must not forget to take off the halter, for if you do I shall never be able to get away from Farmer Weatherbeard, for he is the man who will come and bargain for me.’ Who acts: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/104/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Farmer Weatherbeard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/) / 104 # The Red Fairy Book, Farmer Weatherbeard, sentence 104 ‘If anyone should come who wants to buy me,’ said he, ‘you are to tell him that you want a hundred dollars for me; but you must not forget to take off the halter, for if you do I shall never be able to get away from Farmer Weatherbeard, for he is the man who will come and bargain for me.’ **Who acts:** anyone, Farmer, you, man · **What happens:** come, want, buy, say, be, tell · **To what, where:** me, Farmer, hundred dollars, halter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Farmer Weatherbeard. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (anyone, Farmer, you, man), 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:pg540:43:104 # text = ‘If anyone should come who wants to buy me,’ said he, ‘you are to tell him that you want a hundred dollars for me; but you must not forget to take off the halter, for if you do I shall never be able to get away from Farmer Weatherbeard, for he is the man who will come and bargain for me.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 dollars dollar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 off off ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 halter halter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 45 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 48 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 50 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 advcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 away away ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Farmer Farmer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 Weatherbeard Weatherbeard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 63 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 64 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 acl:relcl _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 bargain bargain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 conj _ _ 68 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | anyone | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **want** | present | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | me | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Farmer | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **does** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | Farmer | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **want** | present | you | hundred dollars | | | | for me | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dollar=Theme | | 8 | **not** **forget** | must | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **take off** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the halter | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent halter=Theme | | 10 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | shall · present · do-support | you | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **get away** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | from Farmer; away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from farmer=Source | | 12 | **is** | present | Farmer | | | | | for the man | tree rules | | 13 | **come** | future | the man | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 14 | **bargain** | infinitive | the man *not said here* | | | | | for me | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/105/) - ↑ back to [Farmer Weatherbeard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/)