--- title: So he climbed softly on to the roof, and, peering, watched till the… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he climbed softly on to the roof, and, peering, watched till the old woman's back was turned, when he quickly drew a handful of salt from his pocket and threw it into the pot. Who acts: Pinkel. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 16, with its dependency tree and th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/73/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/) / 73 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 16, sentence 73 So he climbed softly on to the roof, and, peering, watched till the old woman's back was turned, when he quickly drew a handful of salt from his pocket and threw it into the pot. **Who acts:** Pinkel · **What happens:** climb, peer, watch, turn, draw, throw · **To what, where:** roof, back, handful, pocket, pot This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Pinkel), 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:pg3027:16:73 # text = So he climbed softly on to the roof, and, peering, watched till the old woman's back was turned, when he quickly drew a handful of salt from his pocket and threw it into the pot. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 softly softly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 peering peer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 watched watch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 15 till till SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | past | Pinkel | | | the roof | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to roof=Destination | | 2 | **peer** | gerund | Pinkel *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **watch** | participle | | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn** | past · passive | | the old woman's back | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **draw** | past | Pinkel | a handful of salt | | Pinkel's pocket | | quickly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent handful=Theme from pocket=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **throw** | past | Pinkel *not said here* | handful | | | | into the pot *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into pot=Result | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/)