--- title: So the sheriff had to stand there the whole night and pour red-hot c… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the sheriff had to stand there the whole night and pour red-hot coals over himself, and, no matter how much he cried and begged and entreated, the red-hot coals did not grow the colder for that. Who acts: sheriff, hot coals. 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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 (sheriff, hot coals), 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:pg503:18:58 # text = So the sheriff had to stand there the whole night and pour red-hot coals over himself, and, no matter how much he cried and begged and entreated, the red-hot coals did not grow the colder for that. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sheriff sheriff NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 pour pour VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 coals coal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 17 over over ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 25 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 coals coal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 38 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 colder cold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 xcomp _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the sheriff | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stand** | to-infinitive | the sheriff *not said here* | | | there | night | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pour** | present | the sheriff *not said here* | hot coals | | | | over sheriff | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coal=Patient | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | sheriff | no matter | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | sheriff *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **entreat** | past | sheriff *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **grow** | past · do-support | the hot coals | | | | | cold *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «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 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/59/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/)