--- title: And while the snow lay thick upon the ground, they tended him and ch… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And while the snow lay thick upon the ground, they tended him and cherished him; but when the earth showed green again, the heart of the young man stirred within him, and he longed to see the wigwams of the village where his father’s youth was spent. Who acts: snow, moons, earth, heart. 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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, moons, earth, heart), 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:pg640:25:8 # text = And while the snow lay thick upon the ground, they tended him and cherished him; but when the earth showed green again, the heart of the young man stirred within him, and he longed to see the wigwams of the village where his father’s youth was spent. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 while while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 6 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 tended tend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 cherished cherish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 23 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 24 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 32 stirred stir VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 33 within within ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 longed long VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 wigwams wigwam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 52 advmod _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | the snow | | | | | thick *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tend** | past | moons *= moon* | snow | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **cherish** | past | moons *= moon* *not said here* | snow | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **show** | past | the earth | | | | again | green *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **stir** | past | the heart of the young man | | | | | within earth | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **long** | past | heart | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | heart *not said here* | the wigwams of the village | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wigwam=Stimulus | | 8 | **spend** | past · passive | | earth's father's youth | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/9/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/)