--- title: So then he went to the little chair and sat down in it, and it was s… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So then he went to the little chair and sat down in it, and it was so soft and warm and comfortable that Scrapefoot was quite happy; but all at once it broke to pieces under him and he couldn't put it together again! Who acts: Scrapefoot, nose. 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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 (Scrapefoot, nose), 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:pg14241:23:27 # text = So then he went to the little chair and sat down in it, and it was so soft and warm and comfortable that Scrapefoot was quite happy; but all at once it broke to pieces under him and he couldn't put it together again! 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 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 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 Scrapefoot Scrapefoot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 quite quite ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 all all ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 35 advmod _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 38 under under ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 43 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 together together ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 47 again again ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Scrapefoot | | | the little chair | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to chair=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **sit down** | past | Scrapefoot *not said here* | | | nose | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in it=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | nose | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | nose *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | nose *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | Scrapefoot | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **break** | past | nose | | | | | to pieces; under Scrapefoot; once *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under he=Location | | 8 | **not** **put** | could | Scrapefoot | nose | | | again | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/28/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/)