--- title: He whined and sobbed out: ‘Give, oh give me my beard again, and I wi… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He whined and sobbed out: ‘Give, oh give me my beard again, and I will instruct you in all the magic art that surrounds this castle, and will help you to carry off the hidden treasure, which will make you rich and happy for ever.’ Who acts: man, I, magic art, you. 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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 (man, I, magic art, you), 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:pg7277:55:41 # text = He whined and sobbed out: ‘Give, oh give me my beard again, and I will instruct you in all the magic art that surrounds this castle, and will help you to carry off the hidden treasure, which will make you rich and happy for ever.’ 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 whined whine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sobbed sob VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 oh oh INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 instruct instruct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 surrounds surround VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 off off ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whine** | past | man | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sob out** | participle | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **give** | infinitive | man *not said here* | my beard | me | | again | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient beard=Theme | | 5 | **instruct** *speech: other* | future | I | | you | all magic art | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **surround** | present | all magic art | this castle | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme castle=Co-Theme | | 7 | **help** | future | man *not said here* | you | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 8 | **carry off** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the hidden treasure | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | | 9 | **make** | future | the hidden treasure | you | | | | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/42/) - ↑ back to [The Three Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/)