--- title: Many times the father and brothers jumped up, thinking they heard he… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Many times the father and brothers jumped up, thinking they heard her steps, but in the thick darkness they could scarcely see their own hands, nor could they tell where the river lay, nor where the mountain. Who acts: Many times, brothers, river, maiden. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by And --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/82/) [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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/) / 82 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 29, sentence 82 Many times the father and brothers jumped up, thinking they heard her steps, but in the thick darkness they could scarcely see their own hands, nor could they tell where the river lay, nor where the mountain. **Who acts:** Many times, brothers, river, maiden · **What happens:** jump up, think, hear, see, tell, lie · **To what, where:** steps, own hands, thick darkness · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Many times, brothers, river, maiden), 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:pg3027:29:82 # text = Many times the father and brothers jumped up, thinking they heard her steps, but in the thick darkness they could scarcely see their own hands, nor could they tell where the river lay, nor where the mountain. 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 7 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 32 cc _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 39 cc _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump up** | past | Many times the father and brothers | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | Many times the father and brothers *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | brothers *= brother* | maiden's steps | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer step=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | could | brothers *= brother* | brothers's own hands | | the thick darkness | | scarcely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hand=Stimulus | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **lie** | past | the river | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **step** | | maiden | | | | | | nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/)