--- title: “Well,” says the gentleman to him, “if you can do anything, at eight… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Well,” says the gentleman to him, “if you can do anything, at eight o'clock in the morning I must have a great lake and some of-the largest man-of-war vessels sailing before my mansion, and one of the largest vessels must fire a royal salute, and the last round must break the leg of the bed where m --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/21/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/) / 21 # English Fairy Tales, Jack and His Golden Snuff-box, sentence 21 “Well,” says the gentleman to him, “if you can do anything, at eight o'clock in the morning I must have a great lake and some of-the largest man-of-war vessels sailing before my mansion, and one of the largest vessels must fire a royal salute, and the last round must break the leg of the bed where my young daughter is sleeping. **Who acts:** gentleman, you, war vessels, one fire, last round, young daughter · **What happens:** say, do, have, sail, salute, break · **To what, where:** anything, great lake, leg · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Jack and His Golden Snuff-box. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gentleman, you, war vessels, one fire), 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:pg7439:20:21 # text = “Well,” says the gentleman to him, “if you can do anything, at eight o'clock in the morning I must have a great lake and some of-the largest man-of-war vessels sailing before my mansion, and one of the largest vessels must fire a royal salute, and the last round must break the leg of the bed where my young daughter is sleeping. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 16 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 advcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 29 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 appos _ _ 42 sailing sail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 43 before before ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 mansion mansion NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 48 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 52 amod _ _ 52 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 53 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 salute salute NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 round round NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 63 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 70 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 75 advmod _ _ 71 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 72 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nsubj _ _ 74 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 75 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 69 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the gentleman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | you | anything | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | must | the gentleman *= gentleman* | a great lake | | | morning | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Patient | | 4 | **sail** *in a quote* | gerund | war vessels *not said here* | | | | before my mansion | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **salute** *in a quote* | | one fire | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **break** *in a quote* | must | the last round | the leg of the bed | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient | | 7 | **sleep** *in a quote* | present · progressive | my young daughter | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/22/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/)