--- title: ‘Oh, what can you want with that dirty, ragged boy, in here?’ said R… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Oh, what can you want with that dirty, ragged boy, in here?’ said Ritter Red, but the Princess said that she insisted on having him as cup-bearer and would have no one else; and at last she got leave, and then everything was done as had been agreed on between the Princess and 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 (you, that, Ritter Red, Princess), 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:pg540:45:87 # text = ‘Oh, what can you want with that dirty, ragged boy, in here?’ said Ritter Red, but the Princess said that she insisted on having him as cup-bearer and would have no one else; and at last she got leave, and then everything was done as had been agreed on between the Princess and Minnikin. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 8 with with SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ _ 10 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 ragged ragged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 Ritter Ritter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 30 on on SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 bearer bearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 else else ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 obl _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 49 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 53 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 xcomp _ _ 56 as as SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 advcl _ _ 60 on on ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 between between ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | can | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 2 | **boy** *not said to happen* | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ritter Red | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | gerund | Princess *not said here* | Red | | | | as cup bearer | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **have** | would | Princess *not said here* | no one | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 8 | **get** | past | Princess | | | last | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **leave** | infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **do** | past · passive | | everything | | | then | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 11 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | on the Princess and Minnikin | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: on princess=Topic | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/88/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/)