--- title: ‘But, of course,’ added the minister carelessly, ‘it may happen now… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘But, of course,’ added the minister carelessly, ‘it may happen now and then, especially in winter, when the days are short, that you will have to work a little longer, to get something finished.’ Who acts: it, days, you. 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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 (it, days, you), 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:pg641:33:54 # text = ‘But, of course,’ added the minister carelessly, ‘it may happen now and then, especially in winter, when the days are short, that you will have to work a little longer, to get something finished.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 8 advmod _ _ 5 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 carelessly carelessly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 especially especially ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 39 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 43 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 42 obj _ _ 44 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | | the minister | | | | carelessly *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minister=Patient | | 2 | **happen** | may | it | | | | now | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | the days | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | future | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **work** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | something | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 7 | **finish** | participle | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/55/) - ↑ back to [The Headless Dwarfs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/)