--- title: ‘My father’s breath is burning my back,’ cried the girl; ‘look in th… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘My father’s breath is burning my back,’ cried the girl; ‘look in the mare’s ear, king’s son, or we are lost,’ and he looked, and found a tiny bladder full of water, which he threw behind him, and it became a great lock. Who acts: breath, water, bladder. 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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 (breath, water, bladder), 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:pg3454:29:67 # text = ‘My father’s breath is burning my back,’ cried the girl; ‘look in the mare’s ear, king’s son, or we are lost,’ and he looked, and found a tiny bladder full of water, which he threw behind him, and it became a great lock. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 12 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 bladder bladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 50 behind behind ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | present · progressive | My father's breath | my back | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | the girl | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | in the mare's ear and king's son | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in ear=Theme | | 4 | **lose** | present · passive | | we | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **look** | past | breath | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **find** | past | | a tiny bladder | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bladder=Topic | | 7 | **throw** | past | water | | | | | behind son | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent behind he=Destination | | 8 | **become** | past | bladder | a great lock | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/68/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/)