--- title: But they were determined to have it, and there was nothing to be don… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But they were determined to have it, and there was nothing to be done but give it; so she took out the flask with the sleeping drink and put it to the lips of the first of them; and now she shook no more, but guided the flask so that each of them got just as much as he ought, and the twelfth had not --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/194/) [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/) / [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/) / 194 # The Red Fairy Book, The Master Thief, sentence 194 But they were determined to have it, and there was nothing to be done but give it; so she took out the flask with the sleeping drink and put it to the lips of the first of them; and now she shook no more, but guided the flask so that each of them got just as much as he ought, and the twelfth had not done drinking before the first was already sitting snoring. **Who acts:** hand, nothing, woman, each, first · **What happens:** be, have, do, give, take out, put · **To what, where:** mouth, flask, more, much, twelfth, snoring This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Thief. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hand, nothing, woman, each), 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:pg540:9:194 # text = But they were determined to have it, and there was nothing to be done but give it; so she took out the flask with the sleeping drink and put it to the lips of the first of them; and now she shook no more, but guided the flask so that each of them got just as much as he ought, and the twelfth had not done drinking before the first was already sitting snoring. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 nsubj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 flask flask NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 sleeping sleeping ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 first first NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 46 no no ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 guided guide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 parataxis _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 flask flask NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 58 mark _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 fixed _ _ 55 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 58 nsubj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nmod _ _ 58 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 59 just just ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 60 as as ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 obj _ _ 62 as as SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 twelfth twelfth NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nsubj:pass _ _ 69 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 70 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 71 advmod _ _ 71 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 parataxis _ _ 72 drinking drink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 71 advcl _ _ 73 before before SCONJ IN _ 78 mark _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 78 nsubj _ _ 76 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 77 already already ADV RB _ 78 advmod _ _ 78 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 72 ccomp _ _ 79 snoring snoring NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | hand | | | | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | hand *not said here* | mouth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **be** | past | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive | nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | nothing *not said here* | mouth | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **take out** | past | woman | the flask | | | | with the sleeping drink | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flask=Theme | | 7 | **put** | infinitive | woman *not said here* | mouth | | | | to the lips of the first of hand | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 8 | **shake** | past | woman | more | | | now | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 9 | **guide** | past | | the flask | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flask=Theme | | 10 | **get** | past | each | much | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | | 11 | **not** **do** | past · perfect · passive | | the twelfth | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 12 | **drink** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **sit** | past · progressive | the first | snoring | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location snoring=Theme | 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 193](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/193/) - next →: [sentence 195](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/195/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)