--- title: The lad gaed away wi’ the can to the well, and filled it wi’ water,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The lad gaed away wi’ the can to the well, and filled it wi’ water, and then came away hame again; but the can being broken the maist part of the water had run out before he got back. Who acts: lad, ground. 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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 (lad, ground), 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:pg503:56:4 # text = The lad gaed away wi’ the can to the well, and filled it wi’ water, and then came away hame again; but the can being broken the maist part of the water had run out before he got back. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gaed ga VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 wi wi NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 wi wi VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 hame hame NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 maist maist NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 ccomp _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 before before SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 44 back back ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ga away** | past | the lad | wi | | | | ' the well; away *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fill** | past | the lad *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wi** | present | lad | water | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come away** | past | the lad *not said here* | hame | | | then | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **break** | can · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **run out** | past · perfect · passive | | the maist part of the water | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 7 | **get back** | past | ground | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/5/) - ↑ back to [The Red Etin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/)