--- title: ‘I have to go and get my son apprenticed to someone who will be able… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I have to go and get my son apprenticed to someone who will be able to teach him a trade, for my old woman comes of such well-to-do folk that she insists on his being taught to be master of all masters,’ said the man. Who acts: I, son, old woman, woman. 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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, son, old woman, woman), 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:pg540:43:9 # text = ‘I have to go and get my son apprenticed to someone who will be able to teach him a trade, for my old woman comes of such well-to-do folk that she insists on his being taught to be master of all masters,’ said the man. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 ccomp _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 apprenticed apprentice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obl _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 of of SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 29 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 34 mark _ _ 30 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 35 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 insists insist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 39 on on SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 ccomp _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 xcomp _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 masters master NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 51 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my son | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **apprentice** | participle | my son *not said here* | | | | | to someone | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | future | | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | a trade | son | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient trade=Topic | | 7 | **come** | present | my old woman | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **do** | infinitive | my old woman *not said here* | folk | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent folk=Eventuality | | 9 | **insist** *speech: other* | present | woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **teach** *speech: other* | gerund · passive | | son | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 11 | **is a** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | master | | | | of all masters | tree rules | | 12 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/10/) - ↑ back to [Farmer Weatherbeard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/)