--- title: First they set about finding some stout logs of wood to lay down on… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: First they set about finding some stout logs of wood to lay down on the marsh so that they could reach the mule, for by this time his frantic struggles had broken his bridle, and he was deeper in than ever. Who acts: lights, time, mule. 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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 (lights, time, mule), 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:pg3454:19:93 # text = First they set about finding some stout logs of wood to lay down on the marsh so that they could reach the mule, for by this time his frantic struggles had broken his bridle, and he was deeper in than ever. 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 7 stout stout ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 logs log NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 21 mark _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 frantic frantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 struggles struggle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 advcl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 43 case _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | present | lights *= light* | | | | | first *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **find** | gerund | lights *= light* *not said here* | some stout logs of wood | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Topic | | 3 | **lay down** | to-infinitive | lights *= light* *not said here* | | | the marsh | | down *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on marsh=Destination | | 4 | **reach** | could | lights *= light* | the mule | | | time | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mule=Theme | | 5 | **break** | past · perfect · passive | this time *not said here* | mule's frantic struggles | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient bridle=Result | | 6 | **is** | past | mule | | | | | deep *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **struggle** | | mule | | | | | | nom struggle «act intransitive»: 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/94/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/)