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title: ‘I did not give much for him, and he is not worth much; he is a capi… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘I did not give much for him, and he is not worth much; he is a capital horse to ride, but good for nothing at drawing; but he will always be able to carry your bag of provisions and you too, if you walk and ride by turns.’ Who acts: I, Halvor, you. A sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang,
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# The Red Fairy Book, Soria Moria Castle, sentence 123

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‘I did not give much for him, and he is not worth much; he is a capital horse to ride, but good for nothing at drawing; but he will always be able to carry your bag of provisions and you too, if you walk and ride by turns.’

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**Who acts:** I, Halvor, you · **What happens:** not give, not be, be, ride, draw, carry · **To what, where:** capital horse, good, bag

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Soria Moria Castle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Halvor, you), 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:pg540:6:123
# text = ‘I did not give much for him, and he is not worth much; he is a capital horse to ride, but good for nothing at drawing; but he will always be able to carry your bag of provisions and you too, if you walk and ride by turns.’
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
15	much	much	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	capital	capital	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	obj	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	26	obl	_	_
29	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
30	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	28	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
32	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
34	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
35	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	37	advmod	_	_
36	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	cop	_	_
37	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	_
40	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	provisions	provision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nmod	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	39	conj	_	_
46	too	too	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
49	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
53	by	by	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **give** | past · do-support | I |  |  |  |  | for Halvor | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for he=Asset |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | Halvor |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | Halvor | a capital horse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **ride** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | good |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Theme |
| 5 | **draw** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is** | future | Halvor |  |  |  |  | able, always *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **carry** | to-infinitive | Halvor *not said here* | your bag of provisions |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |
| 8 | **walk** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **ride** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by turns | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=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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