--- title: And he said: “I will gladly do that,” and so he gave her a piece of… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: “I will gladly do that,” and so he gave her a piece of the johnny-cake; and for that she gave him a magical wand, that she might yet be of service to him, if he took care to use it rightly. Who acts: water, woman. 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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 (water, woman), 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:pg7439:26:39 # text = And he said: “I will gladly do that,” and so he gave her a piece of the johnny-cake; and for that she gave him a magical wand, that she might yet be of service to him, if he took care to use it rightly. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 johnny johnny NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 obl _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 magical magical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 39 yet yet ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 if if SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 49 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 ccomp _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 rightly rightly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | water | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | future | water | that | | | | gladly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 3 | **give** | past | water | a piece of the johnny cake | woman | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient piece=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past | woman | a magical wand | water | | | for that | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient wand=Theme for that=Asset | | 5 | **is** | might | woman | | water | | yet | of service | tree rules | | 6 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | water | | | | | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 7 | **care** | infinitive | water *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **use** | to-infinitive | water *not said here* | cake | | | | rightly *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/26/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/26/40/) - ↑ back to [The Red Ettin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/26/)