--- title: He told him his errand, and the stranger said, ‘Then you can serve m… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He told him his errand, and the stranger said, ‘Then you can serve me; I am just in want of a lad like you, and I will give you good wages--a bushel of money the first year, two the second year, and three the third year, for you must serve me three years, and obey me in everything, however strange i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/80/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/) / 80 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 26, sentence 80 He told him his errand, and the stranger said, ‘Then you can serve me; I am just in want of a lad like you, and I will give you good wages--a bushel of money the first year, two the second year, and three the third year, for you must serve me three years, and obey me in everything, however strange it seems to you. **Who acts:** lad, stranger, you, I, it · **What happens:** tell, say, serve, be, give, obey · **To what, where:** errand, man, me, want, good wages, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lad, stranger, you, I), 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:pg5615:26:80 # text = He told him his errand, and the stranger said, ‘Then you can serve me; I am just in want of a lad like you, and I will give you good wages--a bushel of money the first year, two the second year, and three the third year, for you must serve me three years, and obey me in everything, however strange it seems to you. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 just just ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 want want NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bushel bushel NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 44 amod _ _ 44 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 appos _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 49 amod _ _ 49 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 ccomp _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 55 amod _ _ 55 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 for for SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 61 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 63 nummod _ _ 63 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 conj _ _ 67 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 however however ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 72 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 73 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 advcl:relcl _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | lad | lad's errand | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient errand=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the stranger | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **serve** | can | you | me | | | then | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Attribute | | 4 | **is** | present | I | | | want | | of a lad like you | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | future | I | good wages and a bushel of money the first year | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient wage=Theme | | 6 | **serve** | must | you | me | | | year | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Attribute | | 7 | **obey** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | everything | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **seem** | present | it | | you | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/81/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/)