--- title: As soon as he returned he blew up the sparks of his fire again and w… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as he returned he blew up the sparks of his fire again and warmed himself, and while he sat his eyes began to feel very heavy and he wished to go to sleep. Who acts: cold, eyes, fire. 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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 (cold, eyes, 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:pg11027:9:102 # text = As soon as he returned he blew up the sparks of his fire again and warmed himself, and while he sat his eyes began to feel very heavy and he wished to go to sleep. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sparks spark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 warmed warm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 while while SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | cold | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **blow up** | past | cold | the sparks of cold's fire | | | again | soon *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent spark=Patient | | 3 | **warm** | past | cold *not said here* | cold | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 4 | **sit** | past | cold | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **begin** | past | cold's eyes | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **feel** | to-infinitive | cold's eyes *not said here* | | | | | heavy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **wish** | past | cold | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | cold *not said here* | | | sleep | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **spark** | | cold's fire | | | | | | nom spark «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **fire** | | cold | | | | | | nom fire «event 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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/103/) - ↑ back to [Oh, If I Could But Shiver!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/)