--- title: Soon the sun set and it grew very cold and the ice formed rapidly, a… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Soon the sun set and it grew very cold and the ice formed rapidly, and the bear’s tail was fixed as tight as if a vice had held it; and when the fox saw that everything had happened just as he had planned it, he called out loudly: Who acts: sun set, ice, fox, everything. 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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 (sun set, ice, fox, everything), 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:pg3282:26:74 # text = Soon the sun set and it grew very cold and the ice formed rapidly, and the bear’s tail was fixed as tight as if a vice had held it; and when the fox saw that everything had happened just as he had planned it, he called out loudly: 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 vice vice NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 ccomp _ _ 42 just just ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 planned plan VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 51 out out ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | the sun set | | | | | cold, soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **form** | past | the ice | | | | | rapidly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fix** | past · passive | | the bear's tail | | | | tight *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **hold** | past · perfect · passive | | a vice | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme it=Eventuality | | 5 | **see** | past | the fox | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **happen** | past · perfect | everything | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **plan** | past · perfect | bear | tail | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 8 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past | bear | | | | | loudly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «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 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/75/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/)