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title: Accordingly he seized the nearest stone, which was a big, heavy one,… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Accordingly he seized the nearest stone, which was a big, heavy one, and dashed it at the flies; but, unhappily, he slew the poor old woman also; and then, being afraid of the wrath of the farmer, he fled and was not seen again in that neighbourhood. Who acts: Weaver, nearest stone. A sentence of «T
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# The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 13, sentence 57

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Accordingly he seized the nearest stone, which was a big, heavy one, and dashed it at the flies; but, unhappily, he slew the poor old woman also; and then, being afraid of the wrath of the farmer, he fled and was not seen again in that neighbourhood.

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**Who acts:** Weaver, nearest stone · **What happens:** seize, be, dash, slay, flee, not see · **To what, where:** nearest stone, big heavy one, care, poor old woman, neighbourhood

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This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Weaver, nearest stone), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3027:13:57
# text = Accordingly he seized the nearest stone, which was a big, heavy one, and dashed it at the flies; but, unhappily, he slew the poor old woman also; and then, being afraid of the wrath of the farmer, he fled and was not seen again in that neighbourhood.
1	Accordingly	accordingly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	seized	seize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	dashed	dash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
25	unhappily	unhappily	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	slew	slay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
30	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
31	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
33	also	also	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
36	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	39	cop	_	_
39	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	wrath	wrath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
50	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux:pass	_	_
51	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	52	advmod	_	_
52	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	conj	_	_
53	again	again	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
54	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	56	det	_	_
56	neighbourhood	neighbourhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seize** | past | Weaver | the nearest stone and a big heavy one |  |  |  | accordingly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the nearest stone and a big heavy one | a big heavy one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **dash** | past | Weaver *not said here* | care |  |  |  | at the flies | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme at fly=Trajectory |
| 4 | **slay** | past | Weaver | the poor old woman |  |  |  | unhappily *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Patient |
| 5 | **is** | gerund | Weaver *not said here* |  |  |  | then | of the wrath of the farmer; afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **flee** | past | Weaver |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **not** **see** | past · passive | Weaver *not said here* |  |  | that neighbourhood | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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