--- title: Schippeitaro’s master was not at all willing to give him in charge t… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Schippeitaro’s master was not at all willing to give him in charge to a man of whom he knew nothing, but in the end he consented, and the youth led the dog away, promising faithfully to return him next day to his master. Who acts: master, man, youth. 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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 (master, man, youth), 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:pg641:4:196 # text = Schippeitaro’s master was not at all willing to give him in charge to a man of whom he knew nothing, but in the end he consented, and the youth led the dog away, promising faithfully to return him next day to his master. 1 Schippeitaro Schippeitaro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ’s 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 39 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | Schippeitaro's master | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | Schippeitaro's master *not said here* | | SCHIPPEITARO | charge | | to a man | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to man=Recipient | | 3 | **know** | past | man | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 4 | **consent** | past | man | | | | in the end | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lead away** | past | the youth | the dog | | | | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | the youth *not said here* | | | | | faithfully *property* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the youth *not said here* | man | | man's master | day | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to master=Destination | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 195](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/195/) - next →: [sentence 197](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/197/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/)