--- title: ‘I should have been just as well pleased if he had had four heads mo… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I should have been just as well pleased if he had had four heads more, for I should have enjoyed seeing the fellow,’ said the youth; ‘and I won’t go away, for I have done no harm, but you must give me something to eat, for I am frightfully hungry.’ Who acts: I, Troll, 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 (I, Troll, 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:pg540:6:22 # text = ‘I should have been just as well pleased if he had had four heads more, for I should have enjoyed seeing the fellow,’ said the youth; ‘and I won’t go away, for I have done no harm, but you must give me something to eat, for I am frightfully hungry.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 9 cc _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 fixed _ _ 9 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 ccomp _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux _ _ 22 enjoyed enjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 23 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 xcomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 iobj _ _ 52 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 50 obj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 for for SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 59 frightfully frightfully ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | should · perfect | I | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Troll | more | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 3 | **enjoy** | should · perfect | I | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | gerund | I *not said here* | the fellow | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fellow=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the youth | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **go away** | future | I | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **do** | present · perfect | I | no harm | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality | | 8 | **give** | must | you | something | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient something=Theme | | 9 | **eat** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | something *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | present | I | | | | | frightfully, hungry *property* | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/23/) - ↑ back to [Soria Moria Castle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/)