--- title: But he ceased to think it a joke when his wife shortly afterwards ga… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he ceased to think it a joke when his wife shortly afterwards gave birth to a boy, who screamed lustily till he was put quite close to the fire, and who nearly yelled himself into a fit if the Snow-daughter came anywhere near him. Who acts: spark, wife, boy, Snow daughter. 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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 (spark, wife, boy, Snow daughter), 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:pg640:36:18 # text = But he ceased to think it a joke when his wife shortly afterwards gave birth to a boy, who screamed lustily till he was put quite close to the fire, and who nearly yelled himself into a fit if the Snow-daughter came anywhere near him. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 15 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 lustily lustily ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 till till SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 27 quite quite ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 yelled yell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fit fit NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 Snow Snow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 47 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 46 advmod _ _ 48 near near ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cease** | past | spark | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | spark *not said here* | joke | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme joke=Attribute | | 3 | **give** | past | spark's wife | birth | a boy | | | afterwards, shortly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent birth=Theme to boy=Recipient | | 4 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | a boy | | | | | lustily *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **put** | past · passive | | spark | | | | close *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 6 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | | spark | | a fit | | nearly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Topic into fit=Recipient | | 7 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the Snow daughter | | | | | near spark; anywhere *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near he=Location | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/36/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/36/19/) - ↑ back to [The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son(25)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/36/)