--- title: But in the middle of the night the puma rose softly and stole out of… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But in the middle of the night the puma rose softly and stole out of the door to the sheep-fold, where he killed and ate the fattest sheep he could find, and taking a bowl full of its blood, he sprinkled the sleeping stag with it. Who acts: puma. 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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 (puma), 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:pg3282:37:12 # text = But in the middle of the night the puma rose softly and stole out of the door to the sheep-fold, where he killed and ate the fattest sheep he could find, and taking a bowl full of its blood, he sprinkled the sleeping stag with it. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 puma puma NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 softly softly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 14 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 fold fold NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 fattest fat ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 amod _ _ 31 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 37 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 sleeping sleeping ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | the puma | | | the middle of the night | | softly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location | | 2 | **steal** | past | the puma *not said here* | | | the door | | to the sheep fold | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out door=Location | | 3 | **kill** | past | puma | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **eat** | past | puma *not said here* | the fattest sheep | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Patient | | 5 | **find** | could | puma | the fattest sheep *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Topic | | 6 | **take** | gerund | puma *not said here* | a bowl | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme | | 7 | **sprinkle** | past | puma | the sleeping stag | | | | with bowl | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent stag=Destination with it=Theme | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/13/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)