--- title: “When you get inside they will all want to buy your ham, for they do… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “When you get inside they will all want to buy your ham, for they don’t get much meat to eat there; but you must not sell it unless you can get the hand-mill which stands behind the door for it. Who acts: you, brothers, hand mill. 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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, brothers, hand mill), 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:pg503:20:16 # text = “When you get inside they will all want to buy your ham, for they don’t get much meat to eat there; but you must not sell it unless you can get the hand-mill which stands behind the door for it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 inside inside ADP IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 ham ham NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 18 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 20 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 24 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 behind behind ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **want** *in a quote* | future | brothers *= brother* | | | | | all *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **buy** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | your ham | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ham=Theme | | 4 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | present · do-support | brothers *= brother* | much meat | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meat=Stimulus | | 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | there | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **sell** *in a quote* | must | you | ham | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | you | the hand mill | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mill=Stimulus | | 8 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | the hand mill | | | the door | | for door | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/17/) - ↑ back to [Why the Sea Is Salt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/)