--- title: ‘Ah, my dear mother!’ said he, ‘give me some of my brothers’ old clo… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Ah, my dear mother!’ said he, ‘give me some of my brothers’ old clothes, and food enough for a few days, and I will go out into the world and seek my fortune, for, so far as I can see, you have children enough.’ Who acts: dear mother, baby, brothers, I. 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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 (dear mother, baby, brothers, I), 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:pg540:44:64 # text = ‘Ah, my dear mother!’ said he, ‘give me some of my brothers’ old clothes, and food enough for a few days, and I will go out into the world and seek my fortune, for, so far as I can see, you have children enough.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ _ 25 enough enough ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 35 out out ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 55 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 56 enough enough ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my dear mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | infinitive | baby | | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **clothes** | | my brothers | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go out** | future | I | | | the world | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **seek** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my fortune | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | | 6 | **see** | can | I | | | | | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **have** | present | you | children | | | | enough *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/65/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/)