--- title: “Perhaps after all you may do it for less,” said the king, who saw t… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Perhaps after all you may do it for less,” said the king, who saw that there was no chance of making away with the shepherd; and he ordered the state coach to be got ready, then he made the shepherd get in with him and sit beside him, and ordered the coachman to drive to the silver wood. 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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 (you, king, chance, coachman), 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:pg2435:4:6 # text = “Perhaps after all you may do it for less,” said the king, who saw that there was no chance of making away with the shepherd; and he ordered the state coach to be got ready, then he made the shepherd get in with him and sit beside him, and ordered the coachman to drive to the silver wood. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 21 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 24 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 40 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 48 in in ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 53 beside beside ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 coachman coachman NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ _ 65 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | may | you | answer | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | past | the king | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | past | no chance | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make away** | gerund | no chance *not said here* | | | | | with the shepherd; away *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **order** | past | chance | the state coach | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | chance *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING» | | 8 | **make** | past | chance | the shepherd | | | then | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Product | | 9 | **get in** | present | | | | | | with shepherd | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **sit** | infinitive | | | | | | beside shepherd | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside he=Location | | 11 | **order** | past | | the coachman | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent coachman=Recipient clause=Topic | | 12 | **drive** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the coachman *not said here* | | | the silver wood | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to wood=Trajectory | 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/pg2435/4/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/4/7/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/4/)