--- title: They determined, too, to make the attempt separately, one after the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They determined, too, to make the attempt separately, one after the other, according to age, and they settled that a whole day was to be given to each adventurer in which to try his luck. Who acts: musicians. 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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 (musicians), 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:pg7277:55:10 # text = They determined, too, to make the attempt separately, one after the other, according to age, and they settled that a whole day was to be given to each adventurer in which to try his luck. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 separately separately ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 conj _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 according accord VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 settled settle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 adventurer adventurer NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | past | musicians *= musician* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | musicians *= musician* *not said here* | the attempt | | | | separately *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset attempt=Product | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | musicians *= musician* *not said here* | | | | to age | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to age=Goal | | 4 | **settle** | past | musicians *= musician* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** | past · passive | musicians *= musician* *not said here* | | each adventurer | | day | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to adventurer=Recipient | | 6 | **try** | to-infinitive | musicians *= musician* *not said here* | treasure's luck | | each adventurer | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=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 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/11/) - ↑ back to [The Three Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/)