--- title: 'Open it wide, that I may get in,' cried he; and when he was comfort… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Open it wide, that I may get in,' cried he; and when he was comfortably rolled up inside he bade the sheep take him on her back, and hasten to the place where she had left the jackal. Who acts: you, I, sheep, troop. 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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, I, sheep, troop), 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:pg3027:19:57 # text = 'Open it wide, that I may get in,' cried he; and when he was comfortably rolled up inside he bade the sheep take him on her back, and hasten to the place where she had left the jackal. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 wide wide ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 10 in in ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 13 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 comfortably comfortably ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 inside inside ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 hasten hasten VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | peace | | | | wide *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 2 | **get in** | may | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | I *not said here* | greyhound | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 4 | **roll up** | past · passive | | greyhound | | bade | | comfortably *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme inside bade=Trajectory | | 5 | **take** | present | the sheep | greyhound | | troop's back | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme on back=Destination | | 6 | **hasten** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the place | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to place=Destination | | 7 | **leave** | past · perfect | troop | the jackal | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jackal=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/19/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/19/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/19/)