--- title: Then she brought in Ball-Carrier, who, seeing all these preparations… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she brought in Ball-Carrier, who, seeing all these preparations, wished that as long as he was in the kettle the water might not really boil, though it would hiss and bubble, and also, that the spirits would turn the water into fat. Who acts: woman, Ball Carrier, Carrier, 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 (woman, Ball Carrier, Carrier, 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:pg3282:7:54 # text = Then she brought in Ball-Carrier, who, seeing all these preparations, wished that as long as he was in the kettle the water might not really boil, though it would hiss and bubble, and also, that the spirits would turn the water into fat. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Ball Ball PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Carrier Carrier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 obj _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 28 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 really really ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 boil boil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 though though SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 hiss hiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 bubble bubble NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 41 also also ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | woman | | | Ball Carrier | then | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | gerund | Ball Carrier | all preparations | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer preparation=Stimulus | | 3 | **wish** | past | woman *not said here* | that | | | | long *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | Carrier | | | the kettle | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **boil** | might | the water | the kettle *not said here* | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent kettle=Patient | | 6 | **hiss** | would | water | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **turn** | would | the spirits | the water | | fat | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent water=Theme into fat=Trajectory | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/55/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/)