--- title: ‘Now I must go to the bottom,’ he said, ‘but when I give a good jerk… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now I must go to the bottom,’ he said, ‘but when I give a good jerk to the cable and want to come up again, you must all pull like one man, or there will be an end of all life both for you and for me.’ Who acts: I, Minnikin, you, end. 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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, you, end), 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:pg540:46:5 # text = ‘Now I must go to the bottom,’ he said, ‘but when I give a good jerk to the cable and want to come up again, you must all pull like one man, or there will be an end of all life both for you and for me.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 jerk jerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 up up ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 all all ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 both both ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 parataxis _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | must | I | | | the bottom | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bottom=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Minnikin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** | present | I | a good jerk | the cable | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent jerk=Theme to cable=Recipient | | 4 | **want** | present | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **come up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **pull** | must | you | | | | | like one man; all *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | a end of all life | | | | | for you; both *property* | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/6/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/)