--- title: The sledge-driver pulled up sharply, as his eyes lighted on the beau… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The sledge-driver pulled up sharply, as his eyes lighted on the beautiful animal lying stiffly beside him, and jumping out he threw the fox into the bottom of the sledge, where the goods he was carrying were bound tightly together by ropes. Who acts: beautiful animal, sledge driver, driver, ropes. 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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 (beautiful animal, sledge driver, driver, ropes), 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:pg3282:26:53 # text = The sledge-driver pulled up sharply, as his eyes lighted on the beautiful animal lying stiffly beside him, and jumping out he threw the fox into the bottom of the sledge, where the goods he was carrying were bound tightly together by ropes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 sledge sledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 5 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 sharply sharply ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 12 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:agent _ _ 17 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 stiffly stiffly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 beside beside ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sledge sledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 44 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 together together ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 ropes rope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull up** | participle | | the sledge driver *not said here* | | | | as driver's eyes; sharply *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **light** | participle | | driver's eyes *not said here* | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lie** | gerund | the beautiful animal *not said here* | | | | | beside driver; stiffly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside he=Location | | 4 | **jump out** | gerund | the sledge driver *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **throw** | past | the sledge driver | the fox | | | | into the bottom of the sledge *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer fox=Theme into bottom=Result | | 6 | **carry** | past · progressive | driver | the goods *not said here* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme | | 7 | **bind** | past · passive | ropes | the goods | | | | together *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/54/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/)