--- title: But this clever son replied: ‘If I give you my cake and wine I shall… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But this clever son replied: ‘If I give you my cake and wine I shall have none left for myself; you just go your own way;’ and he left the little man standing there and went further on into the forest. Who acts: clever son, I, cake, you. 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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 (clever son, I, cake, 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:pg540:48:5 # text = But this clever son replied: ‘If I give you my cake and wine I shall have none left for myself; you just go your own way;’ and he left the little man standing there and went further on into the forest. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 If if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 19 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 18 obj _ _ 20 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 just just ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 39 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 further further ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 on on ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | this clever son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 3 | **have** | shall | my cake and wine | none | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient | | 4 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | for myself | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for myself=Recipient | | 5 | **go** | present | you | your own way | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | past | youngest *= young* | the little man | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 7 | **stand** | gerund | the little man *not said here* | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **go** | past | youngest *= young* *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/6/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/)