--- title: _Remarks_.--In some of the variants the door is carried, because Mr.… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: _Remarks_.--In some of the variants the door is carried, because Mr. Vinegar, or his equivalent, has been told to “mind the door,” or he acts on the principle “he that is master of the door is master of the house.” Who acts: Vinegar. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, VI. Mr. Vine --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/56/7/) [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/) / [VI. Mr. Vinegar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/56/) / 7 # English Fairy Tales, VI. Mr. Vinegar., sentence 7 \_Remarks\_.--In some of the variants the door is carried, because Mr. Vinegar, or his equivalent, has been told to “mind the door,” or he acts on the principle “he that is master of the door is master of the house.” **Who acts:** Vinegar · **What happens:** carry, tell, mind, act, be · **To what, where:** Remarks, door, principle, master · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, VI. Mr. Vinegar.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Vinegar), 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:pg7439:56:7 # text = _Remarks_.--In some of the variants the door is carried, because Mr. Vinegar, or his equivalent, has been told to “mind the door,” or he acts on the principle “he that is master of the door is master of the house.” 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Remarks remark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 .-- .-- PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 In in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 conj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 variants variant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:unmarked _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 17 case _ _ 16 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:desc _ _ 17 Vinegar Vinegar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 equivalent equivalent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 25 obl _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 acts act VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 principle principle NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 41 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present · passive | | Remarks | | | | because Vinegar Mr. | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: clause=Topic | | 3 | **mind** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the door | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme | | 4 | **act** | present | Vinegar | | | the principle | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on principle=Eventuality | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | that master | | | | of the door | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Vinegar | master | | | | of the house | tree rules | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/56/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/56/8/) - ↑ back to [VI. 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