--- title: He said: “Well, Molly, you are a clever girl, and you have managed w… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He said: “Well, Molly, you are a clever girl, and you have managed well; but, if you would manage better, and go back, and steal the giant's sword that hangs on the back of his bed, I would give your eldest sister my eldest son to marry.” Who acts: king, you, sword. 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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 (king, you, sword), 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:pg7439:25:28 # text = He said: “Well, Molly, you are a clever girl, and you have managed well; but, if you would manage better, and go back, and steal the giant's sword that hangs on the back of his bed, I would give your eldest sister my eldest son to marry.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 Molly Molly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 19 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 27 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 steal steal VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 's 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 53 amod _ _ 53 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 iobj _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 55 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 56 amod _ _ 56 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 vocative _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a clever girl | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **manage** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | | | | well *property* | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **manage** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | would | you | | | | | good *property* | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go back** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **steal** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | the giant's sword | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sword=Theme | | 7 | **hang** *in a quote* | present | the giant's sword | | | the back of king's bed | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location | | 8 | **give** *in a quote* | would | king | | your eldest sister | | | my eldest son *vocative* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme | | 9 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/29/) - ↑ back to [Molly Whuppie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/)