--- title: 'Now go and lay them in the sun out there,' said he; 'in a couple of… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Now go and lay them in the sun out there,' said he; 'in a couple of hours they will be ready to put on; but do not attempt to wear them before, or you will feel them most uncomfortable. Who acts: you, Jackal, shoes. 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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 (you, Jackal, shoes), 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:pg3027:17:111 # text = 'Now go and lay them in the sun out there,' said he; 'in a couple of hours they will be ready to put on; but do not attempt to wear them before, or you will feel them most uncomfortable. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 lay lay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 out out ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 on on ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 attempt attempt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 before before ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 46 advmod _ _ 46 uncomfortable uncomfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | a couple of hours | now | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in couple=Location | | 2 | **lay** | infinitive | you *not said here* | shoes *= shoe* | | the sun; there | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in sun=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jackal | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | future | shoes *= shoe* | hours *not said here* | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **put on** | to-infinitive | shoes *= shoe* *not said here* | | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **attempt** | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **not** **wear** | to-infinitive | | shoes *= shoe* | | | | before *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source | | 8 | **feel** | future | you | shoes *= shoe* | | | | uncomfortable *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/17/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/17/112/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/17/)