--- title: Then the soldier pulled out his pipe and lighted it at the blue ligh… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the soldier pulled out his pipe and lighted it at the blue light, and as soon as a few wreaths of smoke had ascended, the manikin was there with a small cudgel in his hand, and said: ‘What does my lord command?’ Who acts: manikin, my. 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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 (manikin, my), 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:pg2591:46:77 # text = Then the soldier pulled out his pipe and lighted it at the blue light, and as soon as a few wreaths of smoke had ascended, the manikin was there with a small cudgel in his hand, and said: ‘What does my lord command?’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 ccomp _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 17 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 wreaths wreath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 ascended ascend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 manikin manikin NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 cudgel cudgel NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 in in 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 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 45 nsubj _ _ 45 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ? ? PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull out** | participle · passive | | the soldier | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **light** | participle | | pipe | | the blue light | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | | 3 | **ascend** | past · perfect · passive | | a few wreaths of smoke | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 4 | **is** | past | the manikin | | | | | with a small cudgel in soldier's hand; there *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** | present | | my lord command | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Eventuality | | 7 | **command** | | my | | | | | | nom command «communication 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/78/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Light](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/)