--- title: “Perhaps I have to drink all that is in it before I can move the swo… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Perhaps I have to drink all that is in it before I can move the sword,” he thought; so he put it to his lips again and drank till it was quite empty. Who acts: Niels, that, horn. 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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 (Niels, that, horn), 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:pg2435:30:50 # text = “Perhaps I have to drink all that is in it before I can move the sword,” he thought; so he put it to his lips again and drank till it was quite empty. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 12 before before SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 till till SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 quite quite ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Niels | | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **drink** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Niels *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | horn | | | tree rules | | 4 | **move** *in a quote* | can | Niels | the sword | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Niels | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **put** | past | Niels | horn | | | again | to Niels's lips | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 7 | **drink** | past | Niels *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | horn | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/51/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/)