--- title: Now Jimmu had not gone very far before he felt that the kettle was g… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now Jimmu had not gone very far before he felt that the kettle was getting heavier and heavier, and by the time he reached home he was so tired that he was thankful to put it down in the corner of his room, and then forgot all about it. Who acts: Jimmu, kettle. 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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 (Jimmu, kettle), 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:pg2435:39:4 # text = Now Jimmu had not gone very far before he felt that the kettle was getting heavier and heavier, and by the time he reached home he was so tired that he was thankful to put it down in the corner of his room, and then forgot all about it. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Jimmu Jimmu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 8 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 16 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 xcomp _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 home home ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 thankful thankful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 of of 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 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 48 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 49 all all ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 about about ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | past · perfect | Jimmu | | | | now | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **feel** | past | Jimmu | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **get** | past · progressive | the kettle | | | | | heavy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **reach** | past | Jimmu | the time *not said here* | | | | home *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent time=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | Jimmu | | | | time | tired *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | Jimmu | | | | | thankful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **put down** | to-infinitive | Jimmu *not said here* | kettle | | the corner of Jimmu's room | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in corner=Destination | | 8 | **forget** | past | Jimmu *not said here* | | | | then | about kettle; all *property* | tree rules | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/39/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/39/5/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/39/)