--- title: The next St. John’s eve it was the same thing, once again: neither o… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next St. John’s eve it was the same thing, once again: neither of the two brothers dared to go to the outlying field to watch the crop, but Cinderlad went, and everything happened exactly the same as on the previous St. John’s eve: first there was a rumbling and an earthquake, and then there was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/29/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/) / 29 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 29 The next St. John’s eve it was the same thing, once again: neither of the two brothers dared to go to the outlying field to watch the crop, but Cinderlad went, and everything happened exactly the same as on the previous St. John’s eve: first there was a rumbling and an earthquake, and then there was another, and then a third: but all three earthquakes were much, very much more violent than they had been the year before. **Who acts:** next eve, neither, Cinderlad, everything, rumbling, another · **What happens:** be, dare, go, outlie, watch, happen · **To what, where:** same thing, outlying field, crop This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess on the Glass Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (next eve, neither, Cinderlad, everything), 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:pg503:48:29 # text = The next St. John’s eve it was the same thing, once again: neither of the two brothers dared to go to the outlying field to watch the crop, but Cinderlad went, and everything happened exactly the same as on the previous St. John’s eve: first there was a rumbling and an earthquake, and then there was another, and then a third: but all three earthquakes were much, very much more violent than they had been the year before. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 3 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 14 advmod _ _ 14 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 21 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 21 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 outlying outlie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 amod _ _ 27 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 crop crop NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 Cinderlad Cinderlad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 39 nsubj _ _ 39 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 40 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 previous previous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod:desc _ _ 48 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 52 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 54 advmod _ _ 53 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 54 expl _ _ 54 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 parataxis _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 rumbling rumbling NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 earthquake earthquake NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 64 advmod _ _ 63 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 64 expl _ _ 64 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 65 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 64 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 68 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 70 advmod _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 : : PUNCT : _ 77 punct _ _ 72 but but CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 73 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 75 det _ _ 74 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 75 nummod _ _ 75 earthquakes earthquake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 nsubj _ _ 76 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 cop _ _ 77 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 79 very very ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ _ 80 much much ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ _ 81 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 82 advmod _ _ 82 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 conj _ _ 83 than than ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 84 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 88 nsubj _ _ 85 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 88 aux _ _ 86 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 88 cop _ _ 87 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 88 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 obl _ _ 89 before before ADV RB _ 88 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 90 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | John St.'s next eve | the same thing and a third | | | again | | tree rules | | 2 | **dare** | past | neither | | | | | of the two brothers | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | neither *not said here* | | | the outlying field | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to field=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **outlie** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **watch** | to-infinitive | neither *not said here* | the crop | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past | Cinderlad | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **happen** | past | everything | | | | | same *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **be** | past | a rumbling and a earthquake | | | there | | first *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **be** | past | another | | | there | then | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | all three earthquakes | | | | | much *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **be** | | all three earthquakes *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **is** | past · perfect | rumbling | | | | than the year | before *property* | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/30/) - ↑ back to [The Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/)