--- title: ‘You must give me,’ says she, ‘the full of a pack of wool, and I hav… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘You must give me,’ says she, ‘the full of a pack of wool, and I have an ancient crock which you must fill with butter, likewise a barrel which you must fill for me full of wheat.’ Who acts: You, I, ancient crock, barrel. 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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 (You, I, ancient crock, barrel), 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:pg540:8:18 # text = ‘You must give me,’ says she, ‘the full of a pack of wool, and I have an ancient crock which you must fill with butter, likewise a barrel which you must fill for me full of wheat.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 crock crock NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 fill fill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 barrel barrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 fill fill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | must | You | | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | present | I | a ancient crock | | | | a barrel *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crock=Patient | | 4 | **fill** | must | a ancient crock | | | | | with butter | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with butter=Instrument | | 5 | **fill** | must | a barrel | | | | | for me; full *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/19/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)