--- title: He had no property to bequeath to them, and no means of putting them… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He had no property to bequeath to them, and no means of putting them in the way of getting a living, and did not know what to do, so he said that they had his leave to take to anything they most fancied, and go to any place they best liked. Who acts: husbandman, property, no, way. 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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 (husbandman, property, no, way), 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:pg540:9:2 # text = He had no property to bequeath to them, and no means of putting them in the way of getting a living, and did not know what to do, so he said that they had his leave to take to anything they most fancied, and go to any place they best liked. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 bequeath bequeath VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 nsubj _ _ 12 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 of of SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 putting put VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 ccomp _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 41 obl _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 46 advmod _ _ 46 fancied fancy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 52 det _ _ 52 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 55 advmod _ _ 55 liked like VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | husbandman | no property | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bequeath** | to-infinitive | no property *not said here* | | sons *= son* | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to they=Goal | | 3 | **mean** | present | no | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **put** | gerund | | sons *= son* | | the way | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in way=Destination | | 5 | **get** | gerund | the way *not said here* | a living | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer living=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | husbandman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **have** | past | sons *= son* | husbandman's leave | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **take** | to-infinitive | husbandman's leave *not said here* | | | | | to anything *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to anything=Result | | 11 | **fancy** | participle | sons *= son* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **go** | infinitive | husbandman's leave *not said here* | | | any place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 13 | **like** | participle | sons *= son* | any place *not said here* | | | | well *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot place=Theme | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/3/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)