--- title: She got her neighbours summoned, and they helped to lay him in the c… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She got her neighbours summoned, and they helped to lay him in the coffin--it was one of those he himself had made; but his wife had bored holes in it to let him get some air. Who acts: Death, neighbours, coffin, wife. 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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 (Death, neighbours, coffin, wife), 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:pg5615:32:62 # text = She got her neighbours summoned, and they helped to lay him in the coffin--it was one of those he himself had made; but his wife had bored holes in it to let him get some air. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 19 nmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 22 nmod:unmarked _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 bored bore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 32 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Death | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **summon** | past | Death's neighbours | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **help** | past | neighbours *= neighbour* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **lay** | to-infinitive | neighbours *= neighbour* *not said here* | carpenter | | the coffin | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in coffin=Destination | | 5 | **is a** | past | coffin | one | | | | of those | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | carpenter | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 7 | **bore** | past · perfect | carpenter's wife | holes | | coffin | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hole=Experiencer | | 8 | **let** | to-infinitive | carpenter's wife *not said here* | carpenter | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **get** | infinitive | carpenter *not said here* | some air | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer air=Stimulus | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/63/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/)