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title: They got ready weapons that were sharpened, and weapons that were po… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: They got ready weapons that were sharpened, and weapons that were poisoned; they sent for eagles and falcons to hunt her down, and constructed cages and boxes in which to shut her up if they were not able to kill her. Who acts: birds. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, pa
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# The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 33, sentence 102

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They got ready weapons that were sharpened, and weapons that were poisoned; they sent for eagles and falcons to hunt her down, and constructed cages and boxes in which to shut her up if they were not able to kill her.

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**Who acts:** birds · **What happens:** get, sharpen, poison, send, hunt down, construct · **To what, where:** ready weapons, weapons, news, cages

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This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (birds), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3027:33:102
# text = They got ready weapons that were sharpened, and weapons that were poisoned; they sent for eagles and falcons to hunt her down, and constructed cages and boxes in which to shut her up if they were not able to kill her.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	falcons	falcon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
23	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	down	down	ADP	RP	_	22	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	constructed	construct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
28	cages	cage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	obj	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	shut	shut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	advcl	_	_
35	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obj	_	_
36	up	up	ADP	RP	_	34	compound:prt	_	_
37	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
38	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
39	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	cop	_	_
40	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
41	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	advcl	_	_
42	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	mark	_	_
43	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	xcomp	_	_
44	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | birds *= bird* | ready weapons |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer weapon=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sharpen** | past · passive |  | ready weapons |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **poison** | past · passive |  | weapons |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **send** | past | birds *= bird* |  |  |  |  | for eagles and falcons | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **hunt down** | to-infinitive | birds *= bird* *not said here* | news |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 6 | **construct** | past | birds *= bird* *not said here* | cages and boxes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **shut up** | to-infinitive | birds *= bird* *not said here* | news |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 8 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | birds *= bird* |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **kill** | to-infinitive | birds *= bird* *not said here* | news |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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