--- title: So this time also she said that he should have leave to go, but he m… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So this time also she said that he should have leave to go, but he must first promise that he would be back by the time the joint was turned and that he would bring a great armful of wood with him. Who acts: cook, Minnikin. 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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 (cook, Minnikin), 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:pg540:45:41 # text = So this time also she said that he should have leave to go, but he must first promise that he would be back by the time the joint was turned and that he would bring a great armful of wood with him. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 11 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 advmod _ _ 19 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 24 back back ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 joint joint NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 armful armful NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | cook | | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | should | Minnikin | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** | infinitive | Minnikin *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | Minnikin *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | must | Minnikin | | | | | first *property* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | would | Minnikin | | | | | back *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **turn** | past · passive | | the joint | | | time | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **bring** | would | Minnikin | a great armful of wood | | | | with tree | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent armful=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/42/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/)