--- title: So he pulled out his steel for striking fire, and threw it over the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he pulled out his steel for striking fire, and threw it over the horse, and it stood as still as if it had been nailed to the field, and the boy could do just what he liked with it. Who acts: boy, stole. 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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 (boy, stole), 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:pg503:48:41 # text = So he pulled out his steel for striking fire, and threw it over the horse, and it stood as still as if it had been nailed to the field, and the boy could do just what he liked with it. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 over over ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 still still ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 nailed nail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 38 just just ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull out** | past | boy | boy's steel | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **strike** | gerund | boy *not said here* | fire | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Patient | | 3 | **throw** | past | boy *not said here* | fire | | | | over the horse | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme over horse=Destination | | 4 | **stand** | past | stole | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **nail** | past · perfect · passive | | stole | | | | to the field | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to field=Co-Patient | | 6 | **do** | could | the boy | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **like** | past | boy | | | | | with stole | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/42/) - ↑ back to [The Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/)