--- title: Then, again, the fire vanished and an adder was skipping through her… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then, again, the fire vanished and an adder was skipping through her arms, but still she held on; and then they turned him into a snake that reared up as if to bite her, and yet she held on. Who acts: fire, adder, arms, snake. 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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 (fire, adder, arms, snake), 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:pg14241:29:80 # text = Then, again, the fire vanished and an adder was skipping through her arms, but still she held on; and then they turned him into a snake that reared up as if to bite her, and yet she held on. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 adder adder NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 skipping skip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 13 through through ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 still still ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 on on ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 reared rear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 yet yet ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 44 on on ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vanish** | past | the fire | | | | again | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **skip** | past · progressive | a adder | | | fire's arms | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through arm=Trajectory | | 3 | **hold on** | past | fire | | | | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **turn** | past | arms *= arm* | adder | | | then | into a snake *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into snake=Result | | 5 | **rear up** | past | a snake | | | | | | vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bite** | to-infinitive | a snake *not said here* | fire | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 7 | **hold on** | past | fire | | | | yet | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/81/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/)