--- title: Then everything became still as death again, and the boy heard somet… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then everything became still as death again, and the boy heard something chewing outside the barn door, so he stole as softly as he could to the door, which was slightly ajar, and again there was a horse standing close by the wall of the house, eating and chewing, and it was far larger and fatter th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/30/) [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/) / 30 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 30 Then everything became still as death again, and the boy heard something chewing outside the barn door, so he stole as softly as he could to the door, which was slightly ajar, and again there was a horse standing close by the wall of the house, eating and chewing, and it was far larger and fatter than the first horse, and it had a saddle on its back, and a bridle was on it too, and a full suit of armor for a knight, all of bright silver, and as beautiful as anyone could wish to see. **Who acts:** everything, boy, door, horse, grass, bridle · **What happens:** become, hear, chew, steal, be, stand · **To what, where:** something, saddle, back, bridle 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 (everything, boy, door, horse), 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:pg503:48:30 # text = Then everything became still as death again, and the boy heard something chewing outside the barn door, so he stole as softly as he could to the door, which was slightly ajar, and again there was a horse standing close by the wall of the house, eating and chewing, and it was far larger and fatter than the first horse, and it had a saddle on its back, and a bridle was on it too, and a full suit of armor for a knight, all of bright silver, and as beautiful as anyone could wish to see. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 3 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 obj _ _ 14 chewing chew VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 outside outside ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 softly softly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 slightly slightly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 ajar ajar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 40 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 43 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 44 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 conj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 chewing chew VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 59 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 60 advmod _ _ 60 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 parataxis _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 fatter fat ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 60 conj _ _ 63 than than ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 66 amod _ _ 66 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 69 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 70 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 71 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 73 on on ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 78 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 nsubj _ _ 80 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 82 cop _ _ 81 on on ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 82 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obl _ _ 83 too too ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 88 punct _ _ 85 and and CCONJ CC _ 88 cc _ _ 86 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 87 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 88 amod _ _ 88 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 parataxis _ _ 89 of of ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 90 armor armor NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 nmod _ _ 91 for for ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 92 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 93 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 94 , , PUNCT , _ 102 punct _ _ 95 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 102 nsubj _ _ 96 of of ADP IN _ 98 case _ _ 97 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 98 amod _ _ 98 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 95 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 99 , , PUNCT , _ 102 punct _ _ 100 and and CCONJ CC _ 102 cc _ _ 101 as as ADV RB _ 102 advmod _ _ 102 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 88 parataxis _ _ 103 as as SCONJ IN _ 106 mark _ _ 104 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 106 nsubj _ _ 105 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 106 aux _ _ 106 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 102 advcl _ _ 107 to to PART TO _ 108 mark _ _ 108 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 106 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 109 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | everything | | | | then; still; again | as death | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **hear** | past | the boy | something | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 3 | **chew** | gerund | | | | | | outside the barn door | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **steal** | past | boy | | | | | softly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | the door | | | | | ajar, slightly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | past | a horse | | | there | again | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stand** | gerund | a horse *not said here* | | | | | by the wall of the house; close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wall=Location | | 8 | **eat** | gerund | a horse *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **chew** | gerund | a horse *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | past | grass | | | | | far, large *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **be** | | grass *not said here* | | | | | than the first horse | tree rules | | 12 | **have** | past | grass | a saddle | | grass's back | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Patient | | 13 | **is** | past | a bridle | | | bridle | | | tree rules | | 14 | **wish** | could | anyone | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 15 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | anyone *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/31/) - ↑ back to [The Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/)