--- title: Then he tied a cord round him and hung him over the fire to roast, w… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he tied a cord round him and hung him over the fire to roast, while he finished a box that he was making before the door of the hut, which he meant to hold Patto's flesh when it was cooked. Who acts: Patto, hut. 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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 (Patto, hut), 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:pg3027:35:86 # text = Then he tied a cord round him and hung him over the fire to roast, while he finished a box that he was making before the door of the hut, which he meant to hold Patto's flesh when it was cooked. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 round round ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 roast roast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 while while SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 finished finish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 26 before before ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 Patto Patto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 cooked cook VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | past | Patto | a cord | | | then | round path | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient | | 2 | **hang** | past | Patto *not said here* | Patto | | the fire | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme over fire=Destination | | 3 | **roast** | to-infinitive | Patto *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **finish** | past | Patto | a box | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector box=Eventuality | | 5 | **make** | past · progressive | Patto | | | | before the door of the hut | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **mean** | past | the hut | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **hold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the hut *not said here* | Patto's flesh | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Theme | | 8 | **cook** | past · passive | | flesh | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/87/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/)