--- title: How the kettle got there the old man did not know, but he took it up… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: How the kettle got there the old man did not know, but he took it up and looked it over carefully, and when he found that it was quite whole he cleaned the dust off it and carried it into his kitchen. Who acts: kettle, old man, man. 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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 (kettle, old man, man), 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:pg2435:38:106 # text = How the kettle got there the old man did not know, but he took it up and looked it over carefully, and when he found that it was quite whole he cleaned the dust off it and carried it into his kitchen. 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 over over ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 22 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 quite quite ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 ccomp _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 cleaned clean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 off off ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the kettle | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the old man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **take up** | past | man | Kettle | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **look over** | past | man *not said here* | Kettle | | | | carefully *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute | | 5 | **find** | past | man | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | Kettle | | | | | whole *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **clean** | past | man | the dust | | Kettle | | | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dust=Theme off it=Source | | 8 | **carry** | past | man *not said here* | Kettle | | middle's kitchen | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/107/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/)