--- title: “Well, I can’t do much with this,” he said to himself; but, after al… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Well, I can’t do much with this,” he said to himself; but, after all, six shillings were better than nothing, and he wrapped them up again and slipped them into his coat. Who acts: man, six shillings. 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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, six shillings), 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:pg2435:18:11 # text = “Well, I can’t do much with this,” he said to himself; but, after all, six shillings were better than nothing, and he wrapped them up again and slipped them into his coat. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 8 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 after after ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 shillings shilling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 parataxis _ _ 27 than than ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wrapped wrap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | can | man | | | | | with this | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | man | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | all six shillings | | | | | than nothing; good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **wrap up** | past | man | shillings *= shilling* | | | again | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **slip** | past | man *not said here* | shillings *= shilling* | | man's coat | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=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:** «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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/12/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/)