--- title: To these he said that they could choose whichever task they liked--e… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: To these he said that they could choose whichever task they liked--either to go down into the well and fill the buckets while he pulled them up, or pull them up, and he alone would go down to the bottom of the well. Who acts: Hans, men. 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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 (Hans, men), 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:pg5615:13:32 # text = To these he said that they could choose whichever task they liked--either to go down into the well and fill the buckets while he pulled them up, or pull them up, and he alone would go down to the bottom of the well. 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 whichever whichever DET WDT PronType=Rel 10 det _ _ 10 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 either either CCONJ CC _ 16 cc:preconj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 17 down down ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 fill fill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 buckets bucket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 pull pull VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 alone alone ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 41 down down ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hans | | these | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to this=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **choose** | could | men *= man* | whichever task | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Theme | | 3 | **like** | past | men *= man* | whichever task *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot task=Theme | | 4 | **go down** | to-infinitive | | | | the well | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **fill** | infinitive | | the buckets | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bucket=Patient | | 6 | **pull up** | past | Hans | men *= man* | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **pull up** | infinitive | | men *= man* | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 8 | **go down** | would | Hans | | | | | to the bottom of the well; alone, down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/13/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/13/33/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/13/)