--- title: When she was led to the stake, she laid the shirts on her arm, and a… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she was led to the stake, she laid the shirts on her arm, and as she stood on the pile and the fire was about to be lighted, she looked around her and saw six swans flying through the air. Who acts: sleeve, fire, six swans. 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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 (sleeve, fire, six swans), 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:pg640:4:79 # text = When she was led to the stake, she laid the shirts on her arm, and as she stood on the pile and the fire was about to be lighted, she looked around her and saw six swans flying through the air. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stake stake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 shirts shirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 35 around around ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 39 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past · passive | | sleeve | | the stake | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to stake=Destination | | 2 | **lay** | past | sleeve | the shirts | | sleeve's arm | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme on arm=Destination | | 3 | **stand** | past | sleeve | | | the pile | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on pile=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | the fire | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **light** | to-infinitive · passive | the fire *not said here* | | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP» | | 6 | **look** | past | sleeve | | | | | around mother | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent around she=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | sleeve *not said here* | six swans | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer swan=Stimulus | | 8 | **fly** | gerund | six swans *not said here* | | | the air | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/80/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/)