--- title: “I have that, father,” said the lad, and going to the ass he pulled… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I have that, father,” said the lad, and going to the ass he pulled its long ears; well, he pulled, and he pulled, till one of them came off in his hands; but Neddy, though he hee-hawed and he hee-hawed let fall no half crowns or guineas. Who acts: lad, Jack. 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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 (lad, Jack), 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:pg7439:45:14 # text = “I have that, father,” said the lad, and going to the ass he pulled its long ears; well, he pulled, and he pulled, till one of them came off in his hands; but Neddy, though he hee-hawed and he hee-hawed let fall no half crowns or guineas. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 till till ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ _ 37 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 off off ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 Neddy Neddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 though though SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 hee hee NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 hawed haw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 53 hee hee NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 hawed haw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 amod _ _ 56 let let NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 57 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 58 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 60 det _ _ 59 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 60 compound _ _ 60 crowns crown NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ _ 61 or or CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 guineas guinea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the lad *= lad* | that | | | | father *vocative* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the lad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | | | the ass | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ass=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **pull** | past | Jack | lad's long ears | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | | 5 | **pull** | past | Jack | | | | | well *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **pull** | past | Jack | one of ears | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 7 | **come off** | past | Jack *not said here* | | | Jack's hands | | off *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | | 8 | **haw** | participle | Jack | Neddy | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **haw** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **let** | | Jack | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **fall** | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | no half crowns or guineas | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient crown=Result | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/15/) - ↑ back to [The Ass, the Table, and the Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/)