--- title: The sun was hot, but they liked heat, and as they went they ran race… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The sun was hot, but they liked heat, and as they went they ran races and tried who could hurl his spear the farthest, or was cleverest in throwing a strange weapon called a boomerang, which always returns to the thrower. Who acts: sun, parents, strange weapon, boomerang. 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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, parents, strange weapon, boomerang), 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:pg3282:8:77 # text = The sun was hot, but they liked heat, and as they went they ran races and tried who could hurl his spear the farthest, or was cleverest in throwing a strange weapon called a boomerang, which always returns to the thrower. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 17 races race NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 hurl hurl VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 farthest far ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 cleverest clever ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 conj _ _ 31 in in SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 weapon weapon NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 boomerang boomerang NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 42 advmod _ _ 42 returns return VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 thrower thrower NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the sun | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **like** | past | parents *= parent* | heat | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot heat=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | parents *= parent* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **run** | past | parents *= parent* | races | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme race=Trajectory | | 5 | **try** | past | parents *= parent* *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **hurl** *not said to happen* | could | | man's spear | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent spear=Destination far=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **throw** | gerund | | a strange weapon | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weapon=Theme | | 9 | **call** | participle | a strange weapon *not said here* | a boomerang | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boomerang=Recipient | | 10 | **return** | present | a boomerang | | | | | to the thrower *result*; always *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to thrower=Result | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/78/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/)