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title: ‘I know that,’ said the man; ‘your real father was sold at Hamburg l… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘I know that,’ said the man; ‘your real father was sold at Hamburg last Michaelmas, and your real mother died while calving in spring; but my wife and I have adopted you as our own, and you are our only heir, so you must call me “Father.”’ Who acts: I, man, real mother, you. A sentence of «The Pink 
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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 14, sentence 76

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‘I know that,’ said the man; ‘your real father was sold at Hamburg last Michaelmas, and your real mother died while calving in spring; but my wife and I have adopted you as our own, and you are our only heir, so you must call me “Father.”’

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**Who acts:** I, man, real mother, you · **What happens:** know, say, sell, die, calve, adopt · **To what, where:** real father, Hamburg, wife, only heir, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, man, real mother, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg5615:14:76
# text = ‘I know that,’ said the man; ‘your real father was sold at Hamburg last Michaelmas, and your real mother died while calving in spring; but my wife and I have adopted you as our own, and you are our only heir, so you must call me “Father.”’
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	ccomp	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Hamburg	Hamburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
19	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	Michaelmas	Michaelmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
23	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
24	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
26	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
27	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
28	calving	calve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	advcl	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
32	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
33	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	34	conj	_	_
37	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
39	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	38	obj	_	_
40	as	as	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
45	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
46	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	cop	_	_
47	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
48	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
51	so	so	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
52	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
53	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
54	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
55	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	54	obj	_	_
56	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the man |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **sell** | past · passive |  | your real father |  | Hamburg |  | last Michaelmas *obl:unmarked* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at hamburg=Asset |
| 4 | **die** | past | your real mother |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 5 | **calve** | gerund | your real mother *not said here* |  |  |  | spring |  | vn calve-28.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **adopt** | present · perfect · passive |  | my wife |  |  |  | as our own | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme you=Attribute |
| 7 | **is a** | present | you | our only heir |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **call** | must | you |  | me |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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