--- title: “Well, my dear,” says he, “I don't see but what you'll have your ske… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Well, my dear,” says he, “I don't see but what you'll have your skeins ready to-morrow night as well, and as I reckon I shan't have to kill you, I'll have supper in here to-night.” Who acts: I, you. 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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 (I, 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:pg7439:5:94 # text = “Well, my dear,” says he, “I don't see but what you'll have your skeins ready to-morrow night as well, and as I reckon I shan't have to kill you, I'll have supper in here to-night.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 14 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 skeins skein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 case _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 28 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 20 advmod _ _ 29 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 sha sha AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 37 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 46 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | king | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | future | you | your skeins | | | night | | tree rules | | 4 | **reckon** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **kill** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | future | I | supper | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/95/) - ↑ back to [Tom Tit Tot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/)