--- title: When he had quite done he climbed up on the hut, and, blowing his fl… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he had quite done he climbed up on the hut, and, blowing his flute, he chanted ‘Pii, pii, fall rain and hail,’ and directly the sky was full of clouds, the thunder roared, and huge hailstones whitened the roof of the hut. Who acts: hare, Pii, sky, thunder. 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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 (hare, Pii, sky, thunder), 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:pg5615:36:7 # text = When he had quite done he climbed up on the hut, and, blowing his flute, he chanted ‘Pii, pii, fall rain and hail,’ and directly the sky was full of clouds, the thunder roared, and huge hailstones whitened the roof of the hut. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 quite quite ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 blowing blow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 chanted chant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Pii Pii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 pii pii NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 27 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 directly directly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 roared roar VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 hailstones hailstone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 48 whitened whiten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · perfect | hare | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **climb up** | past | hare | | | the hut | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hut=Trajectory | | 3 | **blow** | gerund | hare *not said here* | hare's flute | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent flute=Patient | | 4 | **chant** | past | hare | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **fall** | infinitive | Pii and pii | rain and hail | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient rain=Result | | 6 | **is** | past | the sky | | | | | of clouds; directly, full *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **roar** | past | the thunder | clouds *not said here* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cloud=Theme | | 8 | **whiten** | past | huge hailstones | the roof of the hut | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent roof=Patient | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/8/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/)