--- title: ‘Now, as you know,’ said Minnikin, ‘we are so like each other that n… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now, as you know,’ said Minnikin, ‘we are so like each other that no one can tell one of us from the other; so just change clothes with me and go up to the palace, and then the Princesses will think that I am coming in, and the one who kisses you first shall be yours, and I will have the other.’ Wh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/62/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Mother Holle, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/) / 62 # The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 3, sentence 62 ‘Now, as you know,’ said Minnikin, ‘we are so like each other that no one can tell one of us from the other; so just change clothes with me and go up to the palace, and then the Princesses will think that I am coming in, and the one who kisses you first shall be yours, and I will have the other.’ **Who acts:** you, Minnikin, one, Princesses, I · **What happens:** know, say, tell, change, go up, think · **To what, where:** one, other, clothes, you, yours · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (you, Minnikin, one, Princesses), 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:pg540:46:62 # text = ‘Now, as you know,’ said Minnikin, ‘we are so like each other that no one can tell one of us from the other; so just change clothes with me and go up to the palace, and then the Princesses will think that I am coming in, and the one who kisses you first shall be yours, and I will have the other.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 like like ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 9 nsubj _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 fixed _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 just just ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 change change VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 34 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 33 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 up up ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 45 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 ccomp _ _ 54 in in ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 59 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 60 kisses kiss VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ _ 61 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 60 advmod _ _ 63 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 64 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 65 cop _ _ 65 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 68 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 70 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Minnikin | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | no one | one of us | | the other | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 4 | **change** | infinitive | | clothes | | | | with me | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme with i=Co-Agent | | 5 | **go up** | infinitive | | | | | | to the palace | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | future | the Princesses | | | | then | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **come in** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **kiss** | present | the one | you | | | | first *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent | | 9 | **is a** | shall | the one | yours | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **have** | future | I | the other | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/63/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/)