--- title: Now he threw away all the silver with which he had filled his pocket… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now he threw away all the silver with which he had filled his pockets and knapsack, and filled them with gold instead--yes, all his pockets, his knapsack, cap and boots even, so that he could hardly walk. Who acts: heap. 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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 (heap), 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:pg640:46:52 # text = Now he threw away all the silver with which he had filled his pockets and knapsack, and filled them with gold instead--yes, all his pockets, his knapsack, cap and boots even, so that he could hardly walk. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 knapsack knapsack NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 instead instead ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 29 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 knapsack knapsack NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 37 even even ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 44 mark _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | past | heap | all silver | | | now | heap's pockets and heap's knapsack and boots *obl*; away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silver=Theme | | 2 | **fill** | past · perfect | heap | heap's pockets and knapsack | | | | with all silver | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent pocket=Patient with which=Instrument | | 3 | **fill** | past | heap *not said here* | pockets *= pocket* | | | | with gold; instead *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with gold=Instrument | | 4 | **walk** | could | heap | | | | | hardly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/46/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/46/53/) - ↑ back to [The Tinder-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/46/)