--- title: “Now,” said the master, “I will give you your wage;” and he presente… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Now,” said the master, “I will give you your wage;” and he presented him with a table, telling him he had but to say, “Table, be covered,” and at once it would be spread with lots to eat and drink. Who acts: master, joiner. 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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 (master, joiner), 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:pg7439:45:20 # text = “Now,” said the master, “I will give you your wage;” and he presented him with a table, telling him he had but to say, “Table, be covered,” and at once it would be spread with lots to eat and drink. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 wage wage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 47 obl _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the master | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | future | the master *= master* | your wage | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient wage=Theme | | 3 | **present** | past | joiner | | father | | | with a table | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with table=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | joiner *not said here* | | joiner | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | past | joiner | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | joiner *not said here* | Table | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **cover** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP» | | 8 | **spread** | would · passive | | table | | | | with lots | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: subject=Theme at once=Destination | | 9 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **drink** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/21/) - ↑ back to [The Ass, the Table, and the Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/)