--- title: But when Minnikin had walked a short distance, it seemed to him that… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when Minnikin had walked a short distance, it seemed to him that it might be worth while to see what his ship could do; so he took it out of his pocket, and first he put one foot into it, and then the other, and no sooner had he put one foot into the ship than it became much larger, and when he --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/103/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Mother Holle, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/) / 103 # The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 1, sentence 103 But when Minnikin had walked a short distance, it seemed to him that it might be worth while to see what his ship could do; so he took it out of his pocket, and first he put one foot into it, and then the other, and no sooner had he put one foot into the ship than it became much larger, and when he set the other foot into it, it grew as large as ships that sail on the sea. **Who acts:** Minnikin, it, ship, distance, ships · **What happens:** walk, seem, be, see, do, take · **To what, where:** short distance, MINNIKIN, ship, pocket, one foot, other foot · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mother Holle, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Minnikin, it, ship, distance), 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:pg540:44:103 # text = But when Minnikin had walked a short distance, it seemed to him that it might be worth while to see what his ship could do; so he took it out of his pocket, and first he put one foot into it, and then the other, and no sooner had he put one foot into the ship than it became much larger, and when he set the other foot into it, it grew as large as ships that sail on the sea. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 18 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 19 while while SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 csubj _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 obj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 53 det _ _ 53 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 56 advmod _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 57 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 nummod _ _ 58 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 into into ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 62 than than SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 advcl _ _ 65 much much ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 64 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 69 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 71 advmod _ _ 70 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 79 advcl _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 75 into into ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 78 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 nsubj _ _ 79 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 80 as as ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ _ 81 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 xcomp _ _ 82 as as ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 83 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 obl _ _ 84 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 85 nsubj _ _ 85 sail sail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 83 acl:relcl _ _ 86 on on ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 87 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 88 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past · perfect | Minnikin | a short distance | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme distance=Trajectory | | 2 | **seem** | past | it | | MINNIKIN | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | might | it | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** | could | MINNIKIN's ship | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **take** | past | MINNIKIN | ship | | MINNIKIN's pocket | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme out pocket=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **put** | past | MINNIKIN | one foot | | ship | | first *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent foot=Goal | | 8 | **put** | past | MINNIKIN | one foot | | the ship | | soon *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent foot=Goal | | 9 | **become** | past | distance | | | | | large *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **set** | past | MINNIKIN | the other foot | | ship | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient foot=Result | | 11 | **grow** | past | distance | | | | | large *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **sail** | present | ships | | | the sea | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/104/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/)