--- title: “Thank you,” said the man; “and now for what you have done I will pa… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Thank you,” said the man; “and now for what you have done I will pay you;” so saying, he tore a branch from the tree, and fettled it up into a club with his knife. Who acts: man, old man. 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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 (man, old man), 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:pg7439:45:39 # text = “Thank you,” said the man; “and now for what you have done I will pay you;” so saying, he tore a branch from the tree, and fettled it up into a club with his knife. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 25 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 fettled fettle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | | | you | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **pay** *in a quote* | future | the old man *= man* | you | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Asset | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tore** | past | man | a branch | | the tree | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fettle up** | past | man *not said here* | tree | | a club with man's knife | | | tree rules | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/40/) - ↑ back to [The Ass, the Table, and the Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/)