--- title: But he tossed the blankets and pillows in the air, emerged from unde… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he tossed the blankets and pillows in the air, emerged from underneath, and said: “Now anyone who has the fancy for it may go a drive,” lay down at his fire, and slept till daylight. Who acts: other, anyone. 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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 (other, anyone), 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:pg503:13:113 # text = But he tossed the blankets and pillows in the air, emerged from underneath, and said: “Now anyone who has the fancy for it may go a drive,” lay down at his fire, and slept till daylight. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tossed toss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 blankets blanket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 pillows pillow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 emerged emerge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 underneath underneath ADV RB _ 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 21 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 nsubj _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 drive drive NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 34 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 35 down down ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 till till ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **toss** | past | other | the blankets and pillows | | the air | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent blanket=Theme in air=Destination | | 2 | **emerge** | participle | | the air *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from underneath=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | other *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | the fancy | | | | for fancy | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fancy=Patient | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | may | anyone | a drive | | | now | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drive=Theme | | 6 | **lie down** | past | other *not said here* | | | other's fire | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at fire=Location | | 7 | **sleep** | past | other *not said here* | | | | till daylight | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fire** | | other | | | | | | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/114/) - ↑ back to [The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/)