--- title: While he was eating it, however a sudden thought darted into his min… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: While he was eating it, however a sudden thought darted into his mind, and he managed to knock over a great pot of water which was hanging in front of the fire, and put it quite out. Who acts: Gudu, sudden thought, great pot. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 4, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/9/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/) / 9 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 4, sentence 9 While he was eating it, however a sudden thought darted into his mind, and he managed to knock over a great pot of water which was hanging in front of the fire, and put it quite out. **Who acts:** Gudu, sudden thought, great pot · **What happens:** eat, dart, manage, knock, hang, put · **To what, where:** porridge, mind, great pot, front This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gudu, sudden thought, great pot), 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:pg3027:4:9 # text = While he was eating it, however a sudden thought darted into his mind, and he managed to knock over a great pot of water which was hanging in front of the fire, and put it quite out. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 however however ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 darted dart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 quite quite ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 out out ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · progressive | Gudu | porridge | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **dart** | past | a sudden thought | | | Gudu's mind | | however *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into mind=Destination | | 3 | **manage** | past | Gudu | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **knock** | to-infinitive | Gudu *not said here* | | | a great pot of water | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over pot=Location | | 5 | **hang** | past · progressive | a great pot of water | | | front of the fire | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location | | 6 | **put** | infinitive | Gudu *not said here* | porridge | | | | out *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 7 | **mind** | | Gudu | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/)