--- title: But he seized the pitcher and drank all it contained at a single dra… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he seized the pitcher and drank all it contained at a single draught, and then broke it to atoms on the nearest stone, saying with a malicious smile: ‘As you have not eaten anything you cannot be thirsty.’ Who acts: thought, pitcher, you. 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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 (thought, pitcher, you), 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:pg540:4:106 # text = But he seized the pitcher and drank all it contained at a single draught, and then broke it to atoms on the nearest stone, saying with a malicious smile: ‘As you have not eaten anything you cannot be thirsty.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 atoms atom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 malicious malicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 As as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 39 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 38 obj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | thought | the pitcher | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitcher=Theme | | 2 | **drink** | past | thought *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **contain** | past | pitcher | | | a single draught | | all *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **break** | past | thought *not said here* | pitcher | | the nearest stone | then | to atoms *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient to atom=Result | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | thought *not said here* | | | | | with a malicious smile | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with smile=Manner | | 6 | **not** **eat** | present · perfect | you | anything | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 7 | **not** **is** | can | you | | | | | thirsty *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 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/107/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/)