--- title: Snati saw that she was about to attack them, and sprang at her with… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Snati saw that she was about to attack them, and sprang at her with a red-hot iron from the fire, while Ring kept pouring boiling porridge on her without stopping, and in this way they at last got her killed. Who acts: Snati, hag, Ring, others. 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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 (Snati, hag, Ring, others), 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:pg640:42:140 # text = Snati saw that she was about to attack them, and sprang at her with a red-hot iron from the fire, while Ring kept pouring boiling porridge on her without stopping, and in this way they at last got her killed. 1 Snati Snati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 attack attack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 pouring pour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 xcomp _ _ 29 boiling boil VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 amod _ _ 30 porridge porridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 33 without without SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Snati | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | hag | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **attack** | to-infinitive | hag *not said here* | others *= other* | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **spring** | past | Snati *not said here* | | | | | at hag; with a hot iron from the fire | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at she=Trajectory | | 5 | **keep** | past | Ring | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pour** | gerund | Ring *not said here* | boiling porridge | | | | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent porridge=Theme her=Destination | | 7 | **boil** | gerund | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **stop** | gerund | Ring *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **get** | past | others *= other* | hag | | this way | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 10 | **kill** | past | others *= other* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/141/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)