--- title: “No, indeed, sir,” said Dick to him, “that is not the case, for I wo… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “No, indeed, sir,” said Dick to him, “that is not the case, for I would work with all my heart, but I do not know anybody, and I believe I am very sick for the want of food.” Who acts: Dick, that. 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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 (Dick, that), 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:pg7439:37:21 # text = “No, indeed, sir,” said Dick to him, “that is not the case, for I would work with all my heart, but I do not know anybody, and I believe I am very sick for the want of food.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Dick Dick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 35 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 ccomp _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 want want NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Dick | | Fitzwarren | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the case | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **work** *in a quote* | would | Dick | | | | | with my heart | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with heart=Co-Agent | | 4 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Dick | anybody | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anybody=Stimulus | | 5 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | Dick | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Dick | | | | | for the want of food; sick *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **want** *in a quote* | | | food | | | | | nom want «state transitive»: of=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/22/) - ↑ back to [Whittington and His Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/)