--- title: Then, while the animal was eating it, he stuffed each golden bell wi… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then, while the animal was eating it, he stuffed each golden bell with wool which he had also brought with him, stopping every minute to listen, lest the witch should awaken, and he should find himself changed into some dreadful bird or beast. Who acts: animal, witch. 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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 (animal, witch), 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:pg3027:17:14 # text = Then, while the animal was eating it, he stuffed each golden bell with wool which he had also brought with him, stopping every minute to listen, lest the witch should awaken, and he should find himself changed into some dreadful bird or beast. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stuffed stuff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 13 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 also also ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 26 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 awaken awaken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 41 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 42 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 xcomp _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 45 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · progressive | the animal | food | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **stuff** | past | animal | each golden bell | | | then | with wool | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent bell=Destination with wool=Theme | | 3 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | each golden bell | | | | with animal | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **stop** | gerund | animal *not said here* | | | | minute | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **listen** | to-infinitive | animal *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **awaken** | should | the witch | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **find** | should | animal | animal | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 8 | **change** | participle | animal *not said here* | | | | | into some dreadful bird or beast *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into bird=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/17/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/17/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/17/)