--- title: After that the king says to Molly: “Molly, you are a clever girl, bu… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: After that the king says to Molly: “Molly, you are a clever girl, but if you would do better yet, and steal the giant's ring that he wears on his finger, I will give you my youngest son for yourself.” Who acts: king, Molly. 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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, Molly), 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:pg7439:25:41 # text = After that the king says to Molly: “Molly, you are a clever girl, but if you would do better yet, and steal the giant's ring that he wears on his finger, I will give you my youngest son for yourself.” 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Molly Molly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Molly Molly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 23 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 22 advmod _ _ 24 yet yet ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 steal steal VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 amod _ _ 45 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the king | Molly | Molly | | after that | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to molly=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Molly | a clever girl | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | would | Molly | | | | yet | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **steal** *in a quote* | present | the king *not said here* | the giant's ring | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ring=Theme | | 5 | **wear** *in a quote* | present | king | | | king's finger | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | future | the king *= king* | my youngest son | Molly | | | for Molly | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Recipient son=Theme for yourself=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/42/) - ↑ back to [Molly Whuppie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/)