--- title: I am hoping that the present volume may lead to equal activity in th… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I am hoping that the present volume may lead to equal activity in this country, and would earnestly beg any reader of this book who knows of similar tales, to communicate them, written down as they are told, to me, care of Mr. Nutt. Who acts: I, present volume, book, Nutt. 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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 (I, present volume, book, Nutt), 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:pg7439:3:8 # text = I am hoping that the present volume may lead to equal activity in this country, and would earnestly beg any reader of this book who knows of similar tales, to communicate them, written down as they are told, to me, care of Mr. Nutt. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 volume volume NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 activity activity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 earnestly earnestly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 beg beg VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 similar similar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 communicate communicate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 37 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:desc _ _ 49 Nutt Nutt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **lead** | may | the present volume | | | | | to equal activity in this country | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to activity=Patient | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | would | | any reader of this book | | | | earnestly *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent reader=Recipient | | 4 | **know** | present | this book | | | | | of similar tales | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of tale=Stimulus | | 5 | **communicate** | to-infinitive | | tales *= tale* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 6 | **write down** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | tales *= tale* | me | | | care of Nutt Mr. *obl* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient i=Topic | | 8 | **care** | | Nutt Mr. | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/3/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/3/9/) - ↑ back to [\_to My Dear Little May\_](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/3/)