--- title: On the way they passed a great bog, and the Pig ordered the carriage… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On the way they passed a great bog, and the Pig ordered the carriage to stop, and got out and rolled about in the mire till he was covered with mud from head to foot; then he got back into the carriage and told his wife to kiss him. Who acts: ways, Pig, carriage, father. 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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 (ways, Pig, carriage, father), 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:pg540:12:83 # text = On the way they passed a great bog, and the Pig ordered the carriage to stop, and got out and rolled about in the mire till he was covered with mud from head to foot; then he got back into the carriage and told his wife to kiss him. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bog bog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 out out ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 24 about about ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 mire mire NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 till till SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 42 back back ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 iobj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | ways *= way* | a great bog | | the way | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bog=Theme on way=Destination | | 2 | **order** | past | the Pig | the carriage | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent carriage=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the carriage *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **get out** | past | | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **roll about** | past | | | | the mire | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mire=Trajectory | | 6 | **cover** | past · passive | | father | | head | | with mud; to foot | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with mud=Theme | | 7 | **get back** | past | father | | | the carriage | then | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into carriage=Destination | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | father *not said here* | | father's wife | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **kiss** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | father | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/84/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/)