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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 (youth), 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:pg2591:57:104 # text = When night was drawing near, the youth went up and made himself a bright fire in one of the rooms, placed the cutting-board and knife beside it, and seated himself by the turning-lathe. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 5 near near ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 cutting cutting NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 30 beside beside ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 seated seat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 turning turning NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 lathe lathe NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past · progressive | the youth *not said here* | | | | night | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go up** | past | the youth | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **make** | past | the youth *not said here* | youth | | | | in one of the rooms | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset himself=Beneficiary fire=Product | | 4 | **place** | past | the youth *not said here* | the cutting board and knife beside knife | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent board=Theme | | 5 | **seat** | past | the youth *not said here* | youth | | | | by the turning lathe | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Value | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/105/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/)