--- title: “Yes,” said the man; “I have used it for many a long mile, and a goo… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes,” said the man; “I have used it for many a long mile, and a good friend it has been; but if you have a fancy for it, as you are a friend, I don't mind giving it to you for that pair of gloves.” Who acts: man, 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, 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:pg7439:11:52 # text = “Yes,” said the man; “I have used it for many a long mile, and a good friend it has been; but if you have a fancy for it, as you are a friend, I don't mind giving it to you for that pair of gloves.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 nsubj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 advcl _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 45 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 47 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 xcomp _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **use** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the man *= man* | stick | | | | for a long mile | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent it=Theme for mile=Eventuality | | 3 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | a fancy | | | | for stick | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fancy=Patient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | as a friend | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **mind** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the man *= man* | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | gerund | the man *= man* *not said here* | stick | you | | | for that pair of gloves | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme to you=Recipient for pair=Asset | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/53/) - ↑ back to [Mr. Vinegar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/)