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title: “That was a piece of luck,” he said, smiling to himself; “a good ket… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: “That was a piece of luck,” he said, smiling to himself; “a good kettle costs money, and it is as well to have a second one at hand in case of need; mine is getting worn out, and the water is already beginning to come through its bottom.” Who acts: That, middle, good kettle, Kettle. A sentence of «T
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38, sentence 107

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“That was a piece of luck,” he said, smiling to himself; “a good kettle costs money, and it is as well to have a second one at hand in case of need; mine is getting worn out, and the water is already beginning to come through its bottom.”

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**Who acts:** That, middle, good kettle, Kettle, water · **What happens:** be, say, smile, cost, get, wear out · **To what, where:** piece, middle, money, hand, bottom · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (That, middle, good kettle, Kettle), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2435:38:107
# text = “That was a piece of luck,” he said, smiling to himself; “a good kettle costs money, and it is as well to have a second one at hand in case of need; mine is getting worn out, and the water is already beginning to come through its bottom.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	ccomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	smiling	smile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
22	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
26	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
27	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	30	cc	_	_
28	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	27	fixed	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	fixed	_	_
30	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	33	amod	_	_
33	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
34	at	at	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
41	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	ccomp	_	_
44	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	xcomp	_	_
45	out	out	ADP	RP	_	44	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj	_	_
50	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
51	already	already	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
52	beginning	begin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	43	conj	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
54	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	xcomp	_	_
55	through	through	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | That | a piece |  |  |  | of luck | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | middle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **smile** | gerund | middle *not said here* |  | middle |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient |
| 4 | **cost** *in a quote* | present | a good kettle | money |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Kettle |  |  | hand |  | in case of need; have *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **get** *in a quote* | present · progressive | middle |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 7 | **wear out** *in a quote* | participle | middle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **begin** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the water |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 9 | **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the water *not said here* |  |  | Kettle's bottom |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through bottom=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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**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.

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