--- title: The cook did so, and the Six sitting round the table felt it grow ve… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The cook did so, and the Six sitting round the table felt it grow very warm, and they thought this was because of their good fare; but when the heat became still greater and they wanted to go out, but found the doors and windows fastened, then they knew that the King meant them harm and was trying t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/50/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/) / 50 # The Yellow Fairy Book, How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 1, sentence 50 The cook did so, and the Six sitting round the table felt it grow very warm, and they thought this was because of their good fare; but when the heat became still greater and they wanted to go out, but found the doors and windows fastened, then they knew that the King meant them harm and was trying to suffocate them. **Who acts:** cook, Six, this, heat, doors, King · **What happens:** do, sit, feel, grow, think, be · **To what, where:** doors · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cook, Six, this, heat), 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:pg640:19:50 # text = The cook did so, and the Six sitting round the table felt it grow very warm, and they thought this was because of their good fare; but when the heat became still greater and they wanted to go out, but found the doors and windows fastened, then they knew that the King meant them harm and was trying to suffocate them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Six Six PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 9 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 round round ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 24 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 28 case _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 fare fare NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 when when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 still still ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 xcomp _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 out out ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 50 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 advmod _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 ccomp _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 58 conj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 suffocate suffocate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 66 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the cook | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sit** | gerund | the Six *not said here* | | | | | round the table | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **feel** | past | the Six | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **grow** | present | cook | | | | | warm *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Six | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | this | | | | | because Six's good fare | tree rules | | 7 | **become** | past | the heat | | | | | great *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **want** | past | Six | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **go out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Six *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **find** | past | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **fasten** | past | the doors and windows | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 12 | **know** | past | doors *= door* | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 13 | **mean** | past | the King | doors *= door* | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **try** | past · progressive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 15 | **suffocate** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | doors *= door* | | | | | vn suffocate-40.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/51/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/)