--- title: When the rest of the tribe saw this they pressed close, keeping thei… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the rest of the tribe saw this they pressed close, keeping their backs towards the piercing wind, but Guddhu told them they must go to the other side, as he wanted the wind to fan his fire. Who acts: rest, signs, Guddhu, wind. 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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 (rest, signs, Guddhu, wind), 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:pg3454:17:86 # text = When the rest of the tribe saw this they pressed close, keeping their backs towards the piercing wind, but Guddhu told them they must go to the other side, as he wanted the wind to fan his fire. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 backs back NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 towards towards ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 piercing piercing NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 Guddhu Guddhu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 fan fan VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the rest of the tribe | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **press** | past | signs *= sign* | | | | | close *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **keep** | gerund | signs *= sign* *not said here* | signs's backs | | | | towards the piercing wind | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Guddhu | | signs *= sign* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** | must | signs *= sign* | | | the other side | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to side=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **want** | past | Guddhu | the wind | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fan** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the wind *not said here* | Guddhu's fire | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fire** | | Guddhu | | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/87/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/)