--- title: Jenik went to look for his father, and said to him: ‘You offered me… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Jenik went to look for his father, and said to him: ‘You offered me no feast of welcome, but permit me to give one to you, and come and let me show you my plate.’ Who acts: Jenik, You, me. 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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 (Jenik, You, me), 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:pg7277:8:35 # text = Jenik went to look for his father, and said to him: ‘You offered me no feast of welcome, but permit me to give one to you, and come and let me show you my plate.’ 1 Jenik Jenik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Jenik | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | Jenik *not said here* | | | | | for Jenik's father | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for father=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | Jenik | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **offer** | past | You | no feast of welcome | me | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal feast=Theme | | 5 | **permit** | infinitive | You *not said here* | me | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | one | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Theme to you=Recipient | | 7 | **come** | infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | You *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **show** | infinitive | me *not said here* | my plate | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient plate=Topic | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/36/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)