--- title: It was dinner time when the man awoke, and, jumping up hastily, he s… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was dinner time when the man awoke, and, jumping up hastily, he set out for home, where he found all the children gathered round a basin of thin soup, and pushing their wooden bowls forward, hoping to have the first spoonful. Who acts: basket, man, Father, children. 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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 (basket, man, Father, children), 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:pg3282:9:56 # text = It was dinner time when the man awoke, and, jumping up hastily, he set out for home, where he found all the children gathered round a basin of thin soup, and pushing their wooden bowls forward, hoping to have the first spoonful. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 29 round round ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 parataxis _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 bowls bowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 41 forward forward ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 48 amod _ _ 48 spoonful spoonful NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | basket | dinner time | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **awake** | past | the man | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **jump up** | gerund | the man *not said here* | | | | | hastily *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **set out** | past | Father | | | | | for home | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past | Father | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **gather** | past | all children | | | | | round a basin of thin soup | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **push** | gerund | | children's wooden bowls | | | | forward *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme | | 8 | **hope** | gerund | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the first spoonful | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoonful=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/57/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/)