--- title: After this, it rained very hard, which wetted them to the skin; thei… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After this, it rained very hard, which wetted them to the skin; their feet slipped at every step they took, and they fell into the mire, whence they got up in a very dirty pickle; their hands were quite benumbed. Who acts: it, feet, birds. 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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 (it, feet, birds), 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:pg503:33:55 # text = After this, it rained very hard, which wetted them to the skin; their feet slipped at every step they took, and they fell into the mire, whence they got up in a very dirty pickle; their hands were quite benumbed. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rained rain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wetted wett VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 mire mire NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 pickle pickle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 45 quite quite ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 benumbed benumb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rain** | past | it | | | | after this | hard *property* | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | | 2 | **wett** | past | | birds *= bird* | | | | to the skin | tree rules | | 3 | **slip** | participle | birds's feet | | | | | at every step | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **take** | past | birds *= bird* | every step *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past | birds *= bird* | | | | | into the mire *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into mire=Result | | 6 | **get up** | past | birds *= bird* | | | a dirty pickle | | whence *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **benumb** | past · passive | | birds's hands | | | | | tree rules | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/56/) - ↑ back to [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/)