--- title: ‘I’ve come to get some provisions,’ he answered, ‘because some frien… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I’ve come to get some provisions,’ he answered, ‘because some friends are coming to dine with me today, and it would give me much pleasure if you were to honour me with your company also.’ Who acts: I, Simon, friends, bargain. 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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, Simon, friends, bargain), 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:pg7277:26:53 # text = ‘I’ve come to get some provisions,’ he answered, ‘because some friends are coming to dine with me today, and it would give me much pleasure if you were to honour me with your company also.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’ve have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 provisions provision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 because because SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 dine dine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 honour honour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 also also ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | some provisions | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer provision=Stimulus | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Simon | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | present · progressive | some friends | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **dine** | to-infinitive | some friends *not said here* | | | | today | with me | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **give** | would | bargain | much pleasure | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient pleasure=Theme | | 8 | **honour** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | me | | | | with your company | tree rules | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/54/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/)