--- title: His eyes were heavy with sleep, and his body ached with the long str… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His eyes were heavy with sleep, and his body ached with the long strain, but, without pausing to rest, he kindled a fire on is hearth, and quickly filling a pot with water, threw in the herbs and left them to boil. Who acts: eyes, body, deal. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Ope --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/56/) [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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/) / 56 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 38, sentence 56 His eyes were heavy with sleep, and his body ached with the long strain, but, without pausing to rest, he kindled a fire on is hearth, and quickly filling a pot with water, threw in the herbs and left them to boil. **Who acts:** eyes, body, deal · **What happens:** be, ache, pause, rest, kindle, fill · **To what, where:** fire, hearth, pot, herbs, eyes This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes, body, deal), 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:pg3027:38:56 # text = His eyes were heavy with sleep, and his body ached with the long strain, but, without pausing to rest, he kindled a fire on is hearth, and quickly filling a pot with water, threw in the herbs and left them to boil. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 ached ache VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 strain strain NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 without without SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 pausing pause VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 kindled kindle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 filling fill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 boil boil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | deal's eyes | | | | | with sleep; heavy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ache** | past | deal's body | | | | | with the long strain | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **pause** | gerund | deal *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **rest** | to-infinitive | deal *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **kindle** | past | deal | a fire | | | | | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | hearth | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fill** | gerund | deal *not said here* | a pot | | | | with water; quickly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent pot=Patient with water=Instrument | | 8 | **throw** | past | | | | the herbs | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in herb=Destination | | 9 | **leave** | past | | eyes *= eye* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 10 | **boil** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/)