--- title: So the King’s daughter told Minnikin that the Troll was out trying t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the King’s daughter told Minnikin that the Troll was out trying to get hold of someone who could brew a hundred lasts of malt at one brewing, for there was to be a feast at the Troll’s, at which less than that would not be drunk. Who acts: daughter, Troll, hundred, feast. 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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 (daughter, Troll, hundred, feast), 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:pg540:46:17 # text = So the King’s daughter told Minnikin that the Troll was out trying to get hold of someone who could brew a hundred lasts of malt at one brewing, for there was to be a feast at the Troll’s, at which less than that would not be drunk. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 iobj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Troll Troll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 16 nmod _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 brew brew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj _ _ 24 lasts last VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 malt malt NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 brewing brewing NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Troll Troll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 parataxis _ _ 46 than than SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 51 drunk drunk ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the King's daughter | | Minnikin | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent minnikin=Recipient | | 2 | **try** | past · progressive | the Troll | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Troll *not said here* | hold of someone | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | | 4 | **brew** | could | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **last** | present | a hundred | | | | | of malt at one brewing | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **be** | past | a feast | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a feast | | the Troll | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **is** | would | that | | | | | drunk *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **hold** | | | someone | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/18/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/)