--- title: The man in the cauldron of boiling pitch, whom you set free, is a mi… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The man in the cauldron of boiling pitch, whom you set free, is a mighty magician; through your curiosity and thoughtlessness Militza came into his power, and he has transported her and her castle and belongings into a distant country. Who acts: you, man, curiosity. 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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 (you, man, curiosity), 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:pg640:32:43 # text = The man in the cauldron of boiling pitch, whom you set free, is a mighty magician; through your curiosity and thoughtlessness Militza came into his power, and he has transported her and her castle and belongings into a distant country. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cauldron cauldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 boiling boiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 pitch pitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Int 5 conj _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 thoughtlessness thoughtlessness NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 Militza Militza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 transported transport VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 belongings belonging NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | present | you | | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | present | the man in the cauldron of boiling pitch | a mighty magician | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | your curiosity and thoughtlessness | | | man's power | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into power=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **transport** | present · perfect · passive | | man | | a distant country | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer she=Result | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/44/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/)