--- title: Then all that Minnikin had asked for was brought; and first he order… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then all that Minnikin had asked for was brought; and first he ordered them to lay the cable in the ship, but there was no one who was able to lift it, and there was only room for one or two men at a time in the little bit of a ship. Who acts: Minnikin, one. 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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 (Minnikin, one), 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:pg540:45:103 # text = Then all that Minnikin had asked for was brought; and first he ordered them to lay the cable in the ship, but there was no one who was able to lift it, and there was only room for one or two men at a time in the little bit of a ship. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 26 expl _ _ 26 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 conj _ _ 45 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · perfect | all Minnikin | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bring** *not said to happen* | past · passive | all Minnikin *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together» | | 3 | **order** | past | Minnikin | | jokes *= joke* | | | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **lay** | to-infinitive | Minnikin *not said here* | the cable | | the ship | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cable=Theme in ship=Destination | | 5 | **be** | past | no one | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | no one | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **lift** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | ship | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | past | | room | | | | for one men at a time in the little bit of a ship | tree rules | 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/pg540/45/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/104/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/)