--- title: 'If we must die, put us in the place where the wood is cut, and heap… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'If we must die, put us in the place where the wood is cut, and heap it up all round us, so that we cannot escape, and set fire to the wood; and if one is burned and the other is not, then he that is burned is the goat- slayer.' Who acts: we. 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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 (we), 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:pg3027:4:45 # text = 'If we must die, put us in the place where the wood is cut, and heap it up all round us, so that we cannot escape, and set fire to the wood; and if one is burned and the other is not, then he that is burned is the goat- slayer.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 heap heap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 22 all all ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 round round ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 31 mark _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 35 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 parataxis _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 48 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 advcl _ _ 56 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ _ 60 slayer slayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | must | we | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | we *not said here* | us | | the place | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent we=Theme in place=Destination | | 3 | **cut** | present · passive | | the wood | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **heap up** | infinitive | we *not said here* | wood | | | | round us | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **not** **escape** | can | we | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **set** | infinitive | we *not said here* | fire | | | | to the wood | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fire=Result | | 7 | **burn** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | one | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **not** **be** | present | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **burn** | present · passive | | Isuro | | | then | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 10 | **is a** | present | | the goat slayer | | | | | tree rules | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/)