--- title: That was rather better, but he could not get comfortably in it, so a… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: That was rather better, but he could not get comfortably in it, so after turning about a little while he got up and went to the little bed; and that was so soft and so warm and so nice that he fell fast asleep at once. Who acts: That, Scrapefoot. 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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 (That, Scrapefoot), 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:pg14241:23:35 # text = That was rather better, but he could not get comfortably in it, so after turning about a little while he got up and went to the little bed; and that was so soft and so warm and so nice that he fell fast asleep at once. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 rather rather ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 11 comfortably comfortably ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 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 , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 after after SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 parataxis _ _ 18 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obl _ _ 21 while while SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 46 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 47 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | That | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **get** | could | Scrapefoot | | | room | | comfortably *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **turn** | gerund | | | | | | about a little | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme about little=Trajectory | | 4 | **get up** | past | Scrapefoot | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **go** | past | Scrapefoot *not said here* | | | the little bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | past | that | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | that *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | that *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **fall** | past | Scrapefoot | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/36/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/)