--- title: And as she did so he cried to the spirits to give him back his usual… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And as she did so he cried to the spirits to give him back his usual size and strength and to make the water scalding hot Then he gave the kettle a kick, which upset all the boiling water upon her, and jumping over her body he seized once more the gold and the bridge, picked up his club and bow and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/59/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/) / 59 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 7, sentence 59 And as she did so he cried to the spirits to give him back his usual size and strength and to make the water scalding hot Then he gave the kettle a kick, which upset all the boiling water upon her, and jumping over her body he seized once more the gold and the bridge, picked up his club and bow and arrows, and after setting fire to the Bad One’s hut, ran down to the river, which he crossed safely by the help of the bridge. **Who acts:** master, boy, water, kick · **What happens:** do, cry, give back, make, scald, give · **To what, where:** spirits, usual size, boy, water, kettle, boiling water This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (master, boy, water, kick), 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:pg3282:7:59 # text = And as she did so he cried to the spirits to give him back his usual size and strength and to make the water scalding hot Then he gave the kettle a kick, which upset all the boiling water upon her, and jumping over her body he seized once more the gold and the bridge, picked up his club and bow and arrows, and after setting fire to the Bad One’s hut, ran down to the river, which he crossed safely by the help of the bridge. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 back back ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 to 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NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 46 over over ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 51 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 52 advmod _ _ 52 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 54 advmod _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 conj _ _ 60 up up ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 69 after after SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 70 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 79 advcl _ _ 71 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 72 to to ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 One one NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ’s 's PART POS _ 75 case _ _ 77 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 79 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 80 down down ADV RB _ 79 advmod _ _ 81 to to ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 85 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 87 obj _ _ 86 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 87 nsubj _ _ 87 crossed cross VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 83 acl:relcl _ _ 88 safely safely ADV RB _ 87 advmod _ _ 89 by by ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 90 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 obl _ _ 92 of of ADP IN _ 94 case _ _ 93 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 94 det _ _ 94 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 91 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 95 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | master | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | boy | | the spirits | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to spirit=Recipient | | 3 | **give back** | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | boy's usual size and strength | boy | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient size=Theme | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | the water | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset water=Product | | 5 | **scald** | gerund | the water *not said here* | | | | | hot *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **give** | past | boy | the kettle | | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent kettle=Recipient kick=Theme | | 7 | **upset** | past | a kick | all boiling water | | | | upon master | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus water=Experiencer | | 8 | **jump** | gerund | boy *not said here* | the gold and the bridge | | master's body | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over body=Trajectory | | 9 | **seize** | past | boy | master's body *not said here* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme | | 10 | **pick up** | participle | boy *not said here* | boy's club and bow and arrows | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Topic | | 11 | **set** | gerund | | fire | | | | to the Bad One's hut | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fire=Result | | 12 | **run down** | past | boy *not said here* | | | | | to the river *result*; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to river=Result | | 13 | **cross** | past | boy | the river | | | | by the help of the bridge; safely *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 14 | **help** | | | the bridge | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/60/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/)