--- title: Together they all rode to the edge of the rock, and then Ian lay dow… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Together they all rode to the edge of the rock, and then Ian lay down and shouted, and the basket was drawn up, and in it they got one by one, and were let down to the bottom. Who acts: asses, Ian, basket. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 5, with its dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/65/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/) / 65 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 5, sentence 65 Together they all rode to the edge of the rock, and then Ian lay down and shouted, and the basket was drawn up, and in it they got one by one, and were let down to the bottom. **Who acts:** asses, Ian, basket · **What happens:** ride, lie down, shout, draw up, get, let down · **To what, where:** edge, basket, one, bottom This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (asses, Ian, basket), 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:pg3027:5:65 # text = Together they all rode to the edge of the rock, and then Ian lay down and shouted, and the basket was drawn up, and in it they got one by one, and were let down to the bottom. 1 Together together ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 down down ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 obj _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 39 down down ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | asses *= ass* | | | the edge of the rock | | together *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to edge=Trajectory | | 2 | **lie down** | past | Ian | | | | then | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | Ian *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **draw up** | past · passive | | the basket | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **get** | past | basket | one | | | | by one | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 6 | **let down** | past · passive | asses *= ass* *not said here* | | the bottom | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to bottom=Recipient | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/)