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title: One day when he was walking about and thinking of this, it came into… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: One day when he was walking about and thinking of this, it came into his mind that if he only had his brother, King Pippin, with him, who was so like himself that no one could distinguish the one from the other, he could let him have the elder Princess and half the kingdom; as for himself, he though
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# The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 3, sentence 54

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One day when he was walking about and thinking of this, it came into his mind that if he only had his brother, King Pippin, with him, who was so like himself that no one could distinguish the one from the other, he could let him have the elder Princess and half the kingdom; as for himself, he thought, the other half was quite enough.

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**Who acts:** Minnikin, cause, one, King, other half · **What happens:** walk, think, come, have, be, distinguish · **To what, where:** mind, brother, one, King, elder Princess

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mother Holle, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Minnikin, cause, one, King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:46:54
# text = One day when he was walking about and thinking of this, it came into his mind that if he only had his brother, King Pippin, with him, who was so like himself that no one could distinguish the one from the other, he could let him have the elder Princess and half the kingdom; as for himself, he thought, the other half was quite enough.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
19	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	only	only	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	_
27	Pippin	Pippin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
32	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj	_	_
33	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	_	_
34	so	so	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
35	like	like	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	30	conj	_	_
37	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
38	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	39	det	_	_
39	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
40	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
41	distinguish	distinguish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	advcl	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
44	from	from	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
49	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
51	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	_
52	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	xcomp	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
57	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	59	det:predet	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
61	as	as	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	for	for	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
65	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
66	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
69	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	70	amod	_	_
70	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	73	nsubj	_	_
71	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	73	cop	_	_
72	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	73	advmod	_	_
73	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past · progressive | Minnikin |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | Minnikin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of this | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **come** | past | cause |  |  | Minnikin's mind | day |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into mind=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Minnikin | Minnikin's brother |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient |
| 5 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | like Minnikin | tree rules |
| 6 | **distinguish** | could | no one | the one |  |  |  | from the other | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent one=Theme from other=Co-Theme |
| 7 | **let** | could | Minnikin | King |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **have** | infinitive | King *not said here* | the elder Princess and half kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
| 9 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Minnikin |  |  |  |  | as Minnikin | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **is** | past | the other half |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **mind** |  | Minnikin |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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