--- title: ‘If a man should come who wants to buy me,’ said Jack, ‘you are to t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If a man should come who wants to buy me,’ said Jack, ‘you are to tell him that you want two hundred dollars, for that he will give, and treat you besides; but whatsoever you drink, and whatsoever you do, don’t forget to take the halter off me, or you will never see me more.’ Who acts: man, Jack, y --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/111/) [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/) / 111 # The Red Fairy Book, Farmer Weatherbeard, sentence 111 ‘If a man should come who wants to buy me,’ said Jack, ‘you are to tell him that you want two hundred dollars, for that he will give, and treat you besides; but whatsoever you drink, and whatsoever you do, don’t forget to take the halter off me, or you will never see me more.’ **Who acts:** man, Jack, you · **What happens:** come, want, buy, say, be, give · **To what, where:** me, Jack, hundred dollars, you, whatsoever, 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 (man, Jack, 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:pg540:43:111 # text = ‘If a man should come who wants to buy me,’ said Jack, ‘you are to tell him that you want two hundred dollars, for that he will give, and treat you besides; but whatsoever you drink, and whatsoever you do, don’t forget to take the halter off me, or you will never see me more.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 26 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 compound _ _ 27 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 dollars dollar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 treat treat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 besides beside NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 whatsoever whatsoever PRON WP PronType=Int 44 obj _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 whatsoever whatsoever PRON WP PronType=Int 49 obj _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 52 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 halter halter NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 off off ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 or or CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 63 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 64 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 65 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 66 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 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 | a man | | | | | | 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 | Jack | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** | present | you | | Jack | | | tell *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **want** | present | you | hundred dollars | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dollar=Theme | | 7 | **give** | future | Jack | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **treat** | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **drink** | present | you | whatsoever | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatsoever=Patient | | 10 | **not** **forget** | present · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **take** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the halter | | | | off me | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent halter=Theme off i=Initial\_Location | | 12 | **not** **see** | future | you | me | | | | | tree rules | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/112/) - ↑ back to [Farmer Weatherbeard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/)