--- title: "Come with me," says the shoemaker, "I am well acquainted with the s… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Come with me," says the shoemaker, "I am well acquainted with the servants at the castle, and you shall get a sight of the king's son and all the company." Who acts: shoemaker, 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 (shoemaker, 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:pg7885:31:251 # text = "Come with me," says the shoemaker, "I am well acquainted with the servants at the castle, and you shall get a sight of the king's son and all the company." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 shoemaker shoemaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 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 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 15 acquainted acquaint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | with the shoemaker *= shoemaker* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the shoemaker | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **acquaint** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · passive | | the shoemaker *= shoemaker* | | | | with the servants at the castle; well *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | shall | you | a sight of the king's son and all company | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus | | 5 | **sight** *in a quote* | | | the king's son | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 250](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/250/) - next →: [sentence 252](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/252/) - ↑ back to [The Battle of the Birds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/)