--- title: The Snow-man, however, was not listening to him any more; he was loo… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Snow-man, however, was not listening to him any more; he was looking into the room where the housekeeper lived, where the stove stood on its four iron legs, and seemed to be just the same size as the Snow-man. Who acts: Snow man, man, housekeeper, stove. 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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 (Snow man, man, housekeeper, stove), 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:pg5615:5:160 # text = The Snow-man, however, was not listening to him any more; he was looking into the room where the housekeeper lived, where the stove stood on its four iron legs, and seemed to be just the same size as the Snow-man. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 however however ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 any any ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 housekeeper housekeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 33 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 34 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 41 just just ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 xcomp _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **listen** | past · progressive | the Snow man | | Bow | | | however *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme | | 2 | **look** | past · progressive | man | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **live** | past | the housekeeper | | | the room | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | past | the stove | | | housekeeper's four iron legs | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=Location | | 5 | **seem** | past | the stove *not said here* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the stove *not said here* | the same size | | | | as the Snow man | 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 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 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/5/159/) - next →: [sentence 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/5/161/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/5/)