--- title: Well, the king he says: “Ye've managed well, Molly; but if ye would… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well, the king he says: “Ye've managed well, Molly; but if ye would manage better, and steal the purse that lies below the giant's pillow, I would marry your second sister to my second son.” Who acts: king, ye, purse. 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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, ye, purse), 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:pg7439:25:35 # text = Well, the king he says: “Ye've managed well, Molly; but if ye would manage better, and steal the purse that lies below the giant's pillow, I would marry your second sister to my second son.” 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 10 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Molly Molly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 21 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 steal steal VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 below below ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 40 amod _ _ 40 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 44 amod _ _ 44 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **manage** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Ye | | | | Molly *obl*; well *property* | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **manage** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | would | ye | | | | | good *property* | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **steal** *in a quote* | present | | the purse | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location purse=Theme | | 5 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | the purse | | | the giant's pillow | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent below pillow=Location | | 6 | **marry** *in a quote* | would | the king *= king* | your second sister | | | | to my second son | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent sister=Patient to son=Co-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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/36/) - ↑ back to [Molly Whuppie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/)