--- title: He jumped up and went to the corner, and by the light of the lamp th… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He jumped up and went to the corner, and by the light of the lamp that he always kept burning he saw that the kettle had become a tanuki, which was running round after his tail. Who acts: Jimmu, kettle, tanuki. 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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, tanuki), 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:pg2435:39:8 # text = He jumped up and went to the corner, and by the light of the lamp that he always kept burning he saw that the kettle had become a tanuki, which was running round after his tail. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 20 advmod _ _ 20 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 21 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 xcomp _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 ccomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tanuki tanuki NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 acl _ _ 35 round round ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 after after ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump up** | past | Jimmu | | | | | by the light of the lamp | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by light=Trajectory | | 2 | **go** | past | Jimmu *not said here* | | | the corner | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to corner=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **keep** | past | Jimmu | | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **burn** | gerund | Jimmu *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | past | Jimmu | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **become** | past · perfect | the kettle | a tanuki | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **run** | past · progressive | a tanuki | | | | after Jimmu's tail | round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **light** | | | the lamp | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/39/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/39/9/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/39/)