--- title: The two Sodnos had seen what they were doing, and where the beasts w… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The two Sodnos had seen what they were doing, and where the beasts were secured; so, at midnight, when all was still, they crept down from their tree and seized the reindeer by the horns which were locked together. Who acts: two Sodnos, directions, all. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/14/) [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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/) / 14 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 36, sentence 14 The two Sodnos had seen what they were doing, and where the beasts were secured; so, at midnight, when all was still, they crept down from their tree and seized the reindeer by the horns which were locked together. **Who acts:** two Sodnos, directions, all · **What happens:** see, do, secure, be, creep down, seize · **To what, where:** beasts, tree, reindeer, horns This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two Sodnos, directions, all), 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:pg3027:36:14 # text = The two Sodnos had seen what they were doing, and where the beasts were secured; so, at midnight, when all was still, they crept down from their tree and seized the reindeer by the horns which were locked together. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 Sodnos Sodnos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 secured secure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 when when SCONJ WRB _ 26 mark _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 still still ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 30 down down ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 together together ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · perfect | the two Sodnos | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | past · progressive | directions *= direction* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **secure** | past · passive | | the beasts | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | all | | | | | still *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **creep down** | past | directions *= direction* | | | directions's tree | midnight | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tree=Trajectory | | 6 | **seize** | past | directions *= direction* *not said here* | the reindeer | | | | by the horns | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reindeer=Theme | | 7 | **lock** | past · passive | | the horns | | | | together *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/)