--- title: Even the door only hung upon one hinge, and as the only light in the… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Even the door only hung upon one hinge, and as the only light in the room sprang from a tiny fire, the duckling edged himself cautiously in, and lay down under a chair close to the broken door, from which he could get out if necessary. Who acts: duckling, dog. 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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 (duckling, dog), 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:pg3027:9:47 # text = Even the door only hung upon one hinge, and as the only light in the room sprang from a tiny fire, the duckling edged himself cautiously in, and lay down under a chair close to the broken door, from which he could get out if necessary. 1 Even even ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 hinge hinge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 duckling duckling NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 edged edge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obj _ _ 28 cautiously cautiously ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 in in ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 33 down down ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 under under ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 broken broken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obl _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 48 out out ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | past | | the door | | one hinge | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon hinge=Location | | 2 | **spring** | past | | | | a tiny fire | | as the only light in the room | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from fire=Trajectory | | 3 | **edge** | past | the duckling | dog | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Destination | | 4 | **lay down** | infinitive | | | | a chair | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under chair=Destination | | 5 | **get out** | could | dog | | | | | necessary, out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/)