--- title: Soon after this, his master had a ship ready to sail; and as it was… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Soon after this, his master had a ship ready to sail; and as it was the custom that all his servants should have some chance for good fortune as well as himself, he called them all into the parlour and asked them what they would send out. Who acts: master, ship, servants, Dick. 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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 (master, ship, servants, Dick), 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:pg7439:37:35 # text = Soon after this, his master had a ship ready to sail; and as it was the custom that all his servants should have some chance for good fortune as well as himself, he called them all into the parlour and asked them what they would send out. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 sail sail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 34 cc _ _ 32 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 fixed _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 nmod:unmarked _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 parlour parlour NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 49 obj _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 50 out out ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Dick's master | a ship | | | | soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient | | 2 | **sail** | to-infinitive | a ship *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | ship | | | | | as the custom | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | should | Dick's servants | the custom | | | | for good fortune | tree rules | | 5 | **call** | past | Dick | master | | the parlour | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Topic into parlour=Recipient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Dick *not said here* | | master | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **send out** *not said to happen* | would | servants *= servant* | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/36/) - ↑ back to [Whittington and His Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/)