--- title: ‘Oh yes, I only put him into a hole,’ said he, ‘and raked a little e… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Oh yes, I only put him into a hole,’ said he, ‘and raked a little earth over him; that’s all I have been able to do to-night, for it is fearful weather outside. Who acts: I, father, all, earth. 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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 (I, father, all, earth), 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:pg540:9:241 # text = ‘Oh yes, I only put him into a hole,’ said he, ‘and raked a little earth over him; that’s all I have been able to do to-night, for it is fearful weather outside. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 3 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 put put VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 raked rake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 nsubj _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 cop _ _ 32 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 44 outside outside ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | present | I | | father | a hole | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **rake** | past | father *not said here* | a little earth | | | | over father | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent earth=Theme over he=Trajectory | | 4 | **is** | present · perfect | all | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | all *not said here* | | | | night | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | earth | | | | | for fearful weather; outside *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 240](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/240/) - next →: [sentence 242](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/242/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)