--- title: If he rubbed once, the dog that sat on the chest of copper appeared;… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If he rubbed once, the dog that sat on the chest of copper appeared; if he rubbed twice, there came the dog that watched over the silver chest; and if he rubbed three times, the one that guarded the gold appeared. Who acts: soldier, dog, one. 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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 (soldier, dog, one), 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:pg640:46:91 # text = If he rubbed once, the dog that sat on the chest of copper appeared; if he rubbed twice, there came the dog that watched over the silver chest; and if he rubbed three times, the one that guarded the gold appeared. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 20 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 37 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 guarded guard VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | soldier | | | | | once *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sit** | past | the dog | | | the chest of copper | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chest=Location | | 3 | **appear** | past | the dog | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **rub** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | soldier | | | | | twice *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | the dog | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **watch** | past | the dog | | | the silver chest | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over chest=Location | | 7 | **rub** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | soldier | | | | time | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **guard** | past | the one | the gold | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Beneficiary | | 9 | **appear** | past | the one | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/46/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/46/92/) - ↑ back to [The Tinder-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/46/)