--- title: This was very hot and tiring work, and when she had fed the fire and… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This was very hot and tiring work, and when she had fed the fire and heaped up in a corner the sticks that were to supply it till the next day, she often threw herself down under a tree, and went sound asleep. Who acts: This, third, sticks. 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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 (This, third, sticks), 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:pg3454:22:66 # text = This was very hot and tiring work, and when she had fed the fire and heaped up in a corner the sticks that were to supply it till the next day, she often threw herself down under a tree, and went sound asleep. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 tiring tiring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 heaped heap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 supply supply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 till till ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 often often ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 39 under under ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 45 sound sound ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | This | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feed** | past · perfect | third | the fire | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Recipient | | 3 | **heap up** | participle | third *not said here* | | | a corner the sticks | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in corner=Destination | | 4 | **supply** | past | the sticks | fire | | | day | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 5 | **throw down** | past | third | third | | a tree | | often *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme under tree=Destination | | 6 | **go** | past | third *not said here* | | | | | asleep *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/67/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/)