--- title: The brushwood was set fire to, and when the flames leaped high the w… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The brushwood was set fire to, and when the flames leaped high the woman said: “Now lie down at the fire, children, and rest yourselves: we are going into the forest to cut down wood; when we’ve finished we’ll come back and fetch you.” Who acts: flames, we. 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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 (flames, we), 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:pg503:35:29 # text = The brushwood was set fire to, and when the flames leaped high the woman said: “Now lie down at the fire, children, and rest yourselves: we are going into the forest to cut down wood; when we’ve finished we’ll come back and fetch you.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brushwood brushwood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 12 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 high high ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:agent _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 30 yourselves yourself NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 ccomp _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 40 down down ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 43 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 44 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ve have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 advcl _ _ 47 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 50 back back ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past · passive | | the brushwood | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme fire=Destination | | 2 | **leap** | participle | | the flames *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the flames | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **lie down** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | the fire and children | now | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at fire=Location | | 5 | **rest** *in a quote* | infinitive | | yourselves | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location yourself=Theme | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | we | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **cut down** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | wood | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wood=Product | | 8 | **finish** *in a quote* | present · passive | | we | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 9 | **come back** *in a quote* | future | we | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **fetch** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | you | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/30/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grettel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/)