--- title: But I have worked hard to build my house and secure a morsel to eat,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But I have worked hard to build my house and secure a morsel to eat, and I suppose you think that I am to give away everything to the first passer-by who chooses to ask for it. Who acts: I, you, first passer. 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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 (I, you, first passer), 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:pg7277:12:96 # text = But I have worked hard to build my house and secure a morsel to eat, and I suppose you think that I am to give away everything to the first passer-by who chooses to ask for it. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 secure secure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 morsel morsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 27 away away ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 26 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 32 amod _ _ 32 passer passer NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 chooses choose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present · perfect | I | | | | | hard *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **build** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my house | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product | | 3 | **secure** | infinitive | I *not said here* | a morsel | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition morsel=Theme | | 4 | **eat** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **suppose** | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | present | you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **give away** | present | I | everything | the first passer | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Theme to passer=Recipient | | 8 | **choose** | present | the first passer | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the first passer *not said here* | | | | | for passer | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/97/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)