--- title: When he was on his death-bed he turned to them and said, ‘I have not… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he was on his death-bed he turned to them and said, ‘I have nothing to leave you but three sheep and a small house; divide them between you, as you like, but don’t quarrel over them whatever you do.’ Who acts: son, I, 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 (son, I, 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:pg7277:56:2 # text = When he was on his death-bed he turned to them and said, ‘I have nothing to leave you but three sheep and a small house; divide them between you, as you like, but don’t quarrel over them whatever you do.’ 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 19 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 31 divide divide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 between between ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 42 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 quarrel quarrel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 44 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | son | | | son's death bed | | | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | past | son | | shepherd | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to they=Trajectory | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** | present | I | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 5 | **leave** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 6 | **divide** | infinitive | | shepherd | | | | between you | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **like** | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **not** **quarrel** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | over shepherd | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over they=Theme | | 9 | **do** | present | you | whatever | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/3/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/)