--- title: “Indeed, Mr. Whittington,” said the merchant, “we are all quite in e… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Indeed, Mr. Whittington,” said the merchant, “we are all quite in earnest with you, and I most heartily rejoice in the news that these gentlemen have brought you; for the captain has sold your cat to the King of Barbary, and brought you in return for her more riches than I possess in the whole worl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/91/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [Whittington and His Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/) / 91 # English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat, sentence 91 “Indeed, Mr. Whittington,” said the merchant, “we are all quite in earnest with you, and I most heartily rejoice in the news that these gentlemen have brought you; for the captain has sold your cat to the King of Barbary, and brought you in return for her more riches than I possess in the whole world; and I wish you may long enjoy them!” **Who acts:** Whittington, we, you · **What happens:** say, be, rejoice, bring, sell, possess · **To what, where:** merchant, news, gentlemen, cat, King, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Whittington and His Cat. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Whittington, we, you), 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:pg7439:37:91 # text = “Indeed, Mr. Whittington,” said the merchant, “we are all quite in earnest with you, and I most heartily rejoice in the news that these gentlemen have brought you; for the captain has sold your cat to the King of Barbary, and brought you in return for her more riches than I possess in the whole world; and I wish you may long enjoy them!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:desc _ _ 5 Whittington Whittington PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 all all ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 quite quite ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 earnest earn ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 ccomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 25 advmod _ _ 25 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 rejoice rejoice VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 40 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Barbary Barbary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 57 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 58 amod _ _ 58 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 59 than than SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 60 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 70 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 71 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 72 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 73 advmod _ _ 73 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 ccomp _ _ 74 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ! ! PUNCT . _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ” " PUNCT '' _ 69 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Whittington Mr. | the merchant | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | with you; all, earn *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **rejoice** *in a quote* | present | Whittington Mr. *= whittington* | | | the news | | heartily *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | this gentlemen | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination you=Theme | | 5 | **sell** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | your cat | the King of Barbary | | | for the captain | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent cat=Theme for captain=Asset to king=Recipient | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | past | | | you | return | | for Mr.'s more riches | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | | 7 | **possess** *in a quote* | present | Whittington Mr. *= whittington* | | | the whole world | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | Whittington Mr. *= whittington* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **enjoy** *in a quote* | may | you | gentlemen *= gentleman* | | | | long *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/92/) - ↑ back to [Whittington and His Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/)