--- title: There it waddled up the drain, and so into the kitchen, where her li… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There it waddled up the drain, and so into the kitchen, where her little dog lay on the hearth-stone; it could not bear to stay in the fine chambers along with the ugly sister, and had taken refuge down here. Who acts: duck, little dog. 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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 (duck, little dog), 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:pg5615:31:94 # text = There it waddled up the drain, and so into the kitchen, where her little dog lay on the hearth-stone; it could not bear to stay in the fine chambers along with the ugly sister, and had taken refuge down here. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waddled waddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 drain drain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 chambers chamber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 35 along along ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 44 refuge refuge NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 down down ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 46 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **waddle up** | past | duck | the drain | | the kitchen; there | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location drain=Theme | | 2 | **lie** | past | wretch's little dog | | | the hearth stone | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stone=Location | | 3 | **not** **bear** | could | duck | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **stay** | to-infinitive | duck *not said here* | | | the fine chambers | | along the ugly sister | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chamber=Location | | 5 | **take down** | past · perfect | duck *not said here* | refuge | | here | | down *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refuge=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/95/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/)