--- title: ‘Well, then, you must take a drink out of that bottle which is hangi… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well, then, you must take a drink out of that bottle which is hanging by its side, for that’s what the Troll does whenever he goes out and wants to use the sword,’ said the Princess. Who acts: you, bottle, that, Troll. 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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 (you, bottle, that, Troll), 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:pg540:6:24 # text = ‘Well, then, you must take a drink out of that bottle which is hanging by its side, for that’s what the Troll does whenever he goes out and wants to use the sword,’ said the Princess. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 whenever whenever SCONJ WRB _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | must | you | a drink | | that bottle | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent drink=Theme out bottle=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **hang** | present · progressive | that bottle | | | | | by bottle's side | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | | 3 | **is** | present | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | present | the Troll | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go out** | present | Troll | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **want** | present | the Troll *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **use** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Troll *not said here* | the sword | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/25/) - ↑ back to [Soria Moria Castle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/)