--- title: So the old woman gave him a little bit of a ship which was no bigger… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the old woman gave him a little bit of a ship which was no bigger than he could put in his pocket, and then she got her eye back, and she went her way and Minnikin his. Who acts: old woman, little bit, MINNIKIN, woman. 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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 (old woman, little bit, MINNIKIN, woman), 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:pg540:44:98 # text = So the old woman gave him a little bit of a ship which was no bigger than he could put in his pocket, and then she got her eye back, and she went her way and Minnikin his. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 no no ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 iobj _ _ 17 than than SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the old woman | bigger | MINNIKIN | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient big=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | a little bit of a ship | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **put** | could | MINNIKIN | | | MINNIKIN's pocket | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pocket=Destination | | 4 | **get back** | past | woman | woman's eye | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus | | 5 | **go** | past | woman | woman's way and Minnikin | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/99/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/)