--- title: ‘I may as well make the attempt,’ said Minnikin, ‘but I must have an… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I may as well make the attempt,’ said Minnikin, ‘but I must have an iron rope which is five hundred ells long, and then I must have five hundred men with me, and provisions for five weeks, for I have a long voyage before me.’ Who acts: I, Minnikin, iron rope. 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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 (I, Minnikin, iron rope), 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:pg540:45:99 # text = ‘I may as well make the attempt,’ said Minnikin, ‘but I must have an iron rope which is five hundred ells long, and then I must have five hundred men with me, and provisions for five weeks, for I have a long voyage before me.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 6 cc _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 fixed _ _ 6 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 24 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 compound _ _ 25 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 ells ell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 34 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 compound _ _ 35 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 provisions provision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 before before ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | may | I | the attempt | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Product | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Minnikin | provisions for five weeks | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | must | I | a iron rope | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | a iron rope | | | | | hundred ells *obl:unmarked*; long *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | must | I | hundred men | | | then | with me | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 6 | **have** | present | I | a long voyage | | | before me | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voyage=Patient | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/100/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/)