--- title: You fool, you--you had no sooner got the bagpipes than you changed t… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: You fool, you--you had no sooner got the bagpipes than you changed them for the gloves, which were not worth one-quarter of the money; and when you had got the gloves, you changed them for a poor miserable stick; and now for your forty guineas, cow, bagpipes, and gloves, you have nothing to show but --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/56/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [Mr. Vinegar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/) / 56 # English Fairy Tales, Mr. Vinegar, sentence 56 You fool, you--you had no sooner got the bagpipes than you changed them for the gloves, which were not worth one-quarter of the money; and when you had got the gloves, you changed them for a poor miserable stick; and now for your forty guineas, cow, bagpipes, and gloves, you have nothing to show but that poor miserable stick, which you might have cut in any hedge.” **Who acts:** You, gloves, forty guineas, that · **What happens:** fool, have, get, change, not be, show · **To what, where:** bagpipes, gloves, nothing, poor miserable stick, hedge This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Mr. Vinegar. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, gloves, forty guineas, that), 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:pg7439:11:56 # text = You fool, you--you had no sooner got the bagpipes than you changed them for the gloves, which were not worth one-quarter of the money; and when you had got the gloves, you changed them for a poor miserable stick; and now for your forty guineas, cow, bagpipes, and gloves, you have nothing to show but that poor miserable stick, which you might have cut in any hedge.” 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bagpipes bagpipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 than than SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 50 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 advmod _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 guineas guinea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 bagpipes bagpipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 65 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 64 obj _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 acl _ _ 68 but but CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 69 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 72 nsubj _ _ 70 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 71 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 74 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 78 nsubj:pass _ _ 75 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj:pass _ _ 76 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 77 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 78 aux _ _ 78 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 72 conj _ _ 79 in in ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 81 det _ _ 81 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 ” " PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fool** | | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | past | you *not said here* | the bagpipes | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bagpipe=Stimulus | | 4 | **change** | past | you | bagpipes *= bagpipe* | | | | for the gloves | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme for glove=Co-Theme | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | the gloves | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **get** | past · perfect | you | the gloves | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glove=Stimulus | | 7 | **change** | past | you | bagpipes *= bagpipe* | | | | for a poor miserable stick | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme for stick=Co-Theme | | 8 | **have** | present | your forty guineas | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 9 | **show** | to-infinitive | your forty guineas *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **stick** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **cut** | might · perfect · passive | | poor miserable stick | | any hedge | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=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:** «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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/57/) - ↑ back to [Mr. Vinegar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/)