--- title: Then it would become so heavy that she would have to lay her burden… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then it would become so heavy that she would have to lay her burden down, on which the straw would become 'quick,' rise upright and shuffle away before her, till at last it vanished from her sight with a laugh and shout." Who acts: story, Kow, straw. 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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 (story, Kow, straw), 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:pg14241:44:10 # text = Then it would become so heavy that she would have to lay her burden down, on which the straw would become 'quick,' rise upright and shuffle away before her, till at last it vanished from her sight with a laugh and shout." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 down down ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 27 rise rise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 28 upright upright NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 shuffle shuffle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 till till ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | story | | | | then | heavy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **have** | would | Kow | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lay down** | to-infinitive | Kow *not said here* | Kow's burden | | | | down *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burden=Result | | 4 | **become** | would | the straw | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **rise** | infinitive | | upright | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location upright=Theme | | 6 | **shuffle away** | infinitive | | | | | before Kow | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before she=Trajectory | | 7 | **vanish** | past | story | | | Kow's sight | | with a laugh | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from sight=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **shout** *speech: express* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **burden** | | Kow | | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **sight** | | Kow | | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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:** «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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/44/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/44/11/) - ↑ back to [LIII. the Hedley Kow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/44/)