--- title: “Throw it in the pot,” said the old woman, as soon as he had told hi… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Throw it in the pot,” said the old woman, as soon as he had told his story; “put it in that basket, and as soon as the water boils in the pot we will hang it over the fire!” Who acts: you, old woman, boy, water. 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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 (you, old woman, boy, water), 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:pg3282:11:70 # text = “Throw it in the pot,” said the old woman, as soon as he had told his story; “put it in that basket, and as soon as the water boils in the pot we will hang it over the fire!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 as as ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 boils boil VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 over over ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | start | | the pot | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | boy | boy's story | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 4 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | | start | | that basket | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in basket=Destination | | 5 | **boil** *in a quote* | present | the water | | | | | in the pot | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in pot=Instrument | | 6 | **hang** *in a quote* | future | we | start | | the fire | | soon *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over fire=Destination | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/71/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/)