--- title: But look you here,” says he, “eleven months out of the year she shal… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But look you here,” says he, “eleven months out of the year she shall have all she likes to eat, and all the gowns she likes to get, and all the company she likes to keep; but the last month of the year she'll have to spin five skeins every day, and if she don't I shall kill her.” Who acts: you, dau --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/28/) [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/) / [Tom Tit Tot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/) / 28 # English Fairy Tales, Tom Tit Tot, sentence 28 But look you here,” says he, “eleven months out of the year she shall have all she likes to eat, and all the gowns she likes to get, and all the company she likes to keep; but the last month of the year she'll have to spin five skeins every day, and if she don't I shall kill her.” **Who acts:** you, daughter, gowns, company, last month, I · **What happens:** look, say, have, like, eat, get · **To what, where:** you, king, all, five skeins, daughter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Tom Tit Tot. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, daughter, gowns, company), 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:pg7439:5:28 # text = But look you here,” says he, “eleven months out of the year she shall have all she likes to eat, and all the gowns she likes to get, and all the company she likes to keep; but the last month of the year she'll have to spin five skeins every day, and if she don't I shall kill her.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 out out ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 obj _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 gowns gown NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 57 nummod _ _ 57 skeins skein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 58 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 59 det _ _ 59 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 62 if if SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 63 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 68 advmod _ _ 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 69 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | you | | here | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | | king | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | shall | daughter | | | | month; year | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **like** | present | daughter | all | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **like** | present | all gowns | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | all gowns *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **like** | present | all company | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | all company *not said here* | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **have** | future | the last month of the year | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **spin** | to-infinitive | the last month of the year *not said here* | five skeins | | | day | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skein=Theme | | 12 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | daughter | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **not** **kill** | shall | I | daughter | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/29/) - ↑ back to [Tom Tit Tot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/)