--- title: ‘We shall die of cold unless we can light the fire again,’ and he ba… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘We shall die of cold unless we can light the fire again,’ and he bade his sons rub two sticks together in the hope of kindling a flame, but though they rubbed till they were tired, not a spark could they produce. Who acts: We, Thuggai, sons, hope. 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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 (We, Thuggai, sons, hope), 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:pg3454:17:77 # text = ‘We shall die of cold unless we can light the fire again,’ and he bade his sons rub two sticks together in the hope of kindling a flame, but though they rubbed till they were tired, not a spark could they produce. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 7 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 rub rub VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 together together ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 of of SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 kindling kindle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 34 though though SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 37 till till SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 spark spark NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 produce produce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | shall | We | | | | | of cold | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of cold=Causer | | 2 | **light** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | we | the fire | | | again | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product | | 3 | **bade** | past | Thuggai | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **rub** | present | Thuggai's sons | two sticks | | the hope | | together *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stick=Theme in hope=Destination | | 5 | **kindle** | gerund | the hope *not said here* | a flame | | | | | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition flame=Patient | | 6 | **rub** | past | sticks *= stick* | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | sticks *= stick* | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **produce** | could | a spark | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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/pg3454/17/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/78/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/)