--- title: ‘It is this miserable soldier’s helmet,’ said he to himself ‘If I ha… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘It is this miserable soldier’s helmet,’ said he to himself ‘If I had only money enough I could look as splendid as the lords of the Court; but what is the good of thinking of that when I have only the remains of the Seagull’s fifty crowns?’ Who acts: pint, helmet, soldier, I. 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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 (pint, helmet, soldier, I), 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:pg7277:22:137 # text = ‘It is this miserable soldier’s helmet,’ said he to himself ‘If I had only money enough I could look as splendid as the lords of the Court; but what is the good of thinking of that when I have only the remains of the Seagull’s fifty crowns?’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 5 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 helmet helmet NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 nmod _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 If if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 19 only only ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 enough enough ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 25 as as ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ _ 39 of of SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 obl _ _ 43 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 46 only only ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 45 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Seagull Seagull PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’s 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 crowns crown NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ? ? PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | pint | this miserable soldier's helmet | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | this miserable soldier's helmet | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | soldier | money | | | | enough *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 4 | **look** | could | I | | | | | splendid *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | of that | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | present | I | the remains of the Seagull's fifty crowns | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remains=Patient | | 8 | **crown** | | the Seagull | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/138/) - ↑ back to [The Little Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/)