--- title: My gains are all at the bottom of the sea—well! lightly won, lightly… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: My gains are all at the bottom of the sea—well! lightly won, lightly lost—but it is odd that I feel I should not care for that if only my pipes were left me.” Who acts: gains, money, I. 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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 (gains, money, I), 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:pg2435:12:6 # text = My gains are all at the bottom of the sea—well! lightly won, lightly lost—but it is odd that I feel I should not care for that if only my pipes were left me.” 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 gains gain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 — - PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 well well INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 14 lightly lightly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 lightly lightly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 — - PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 parataxis _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 obl _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | My gains | | | the bottom | | of the sea; all *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **win** | past | | | | | | lightly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | lightly *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | money | | | | | odd *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **feel** | present | I | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **care** | should | I | | | | | for that | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for that=Theme | | 7 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | my pipes | me | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme i=Attribute | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/7/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)