--- title: “Yes, it could make salt,” said he who owned it, and when the skippe… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes, it could make salt,” said he who owned it, and when the skipper heard that, he wished with all his might and main to have the mill, let it cost what it might, for, he thought, if he had it, he would get off having to sail far away over the perilous sea for freights of salt. 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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 (skipper, 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:pg503:20:56 # text = “Yes, it could make salt,” said he who owned it, and when the skipper heard that, he wished with all his might and main to have the mill, let it cost what it might, for, he thought, if he had it, he would get off having to sail far away over the perilous sea for freights of salt. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 7 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 owned own VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 skipper skipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 25 with with SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 cost cost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 56 off off ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ _ 57 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 55 xcomp _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 sail sail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 61 advmod _ _ 61 away away ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 62 over over ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 perilous perilous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 66 for for ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 freights freight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | could | skipper | salt | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material salt=Product | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **own** | past | mill | skipper | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 4 | **hear** | past | the skipper | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **wish** | past | mill | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **have** | to-infinitive | mill *not said here* | the mill | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mill=Patient | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | mill *not said here* | skipper | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **cost** | infinitive | skipper *not said here* | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme what=Value | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* | past | mill | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | mill | skipper | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 11 | **get off** | would | mill | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 12 | **have** | gerund | mill *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **sail** | to-infinitive | mill *not said here* | | | the perilous sea | | for freights of salt; away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over sea=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 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/57/) - ↑ back to [Why the Sea Is Salt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/)