--- title: He entered, and saw a huge forge, and a crowd of men in front of it,… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He entered, and saw a huge forge, and a crowd of men in front of it, blowing bellows and wielding hammers, and to each anvil were seven men, and a set of more comical smiths could not be found if you searched all the world through! Who acts: sound, seven men, you. 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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 (sound, seven men, you), 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:pg641:25:26 # text = He entered, and saw a huge forge, and a crowd of men in front of it, blowing bellows and wielding hammers, and to each anvil were seven men, and a set of more comical smiths could not be found if you searched all the world through! 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 forge forge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 blowing blow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 21 bellows bellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 wielding wield VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 24 hammers hammer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 29 anvil anvil NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 30 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 amod _ _ 39 comical comical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 smiths smith NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 searched search VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ _ 48 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 through through ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | sound | a crowd of men in front of front | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | sound *not said here* | a huge forge | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer forge=Stimulus | | 3 | **blow** | gerund | sound *not said here* | bellows | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bellow=Patient | | 4 | **wield** | gerund | sound *not said here* | hammers | | | | | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hammer=Theme | | 5 | **be** | past | seven men | | | | | to each anvil | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **find** | could · passive | | a set of more comical smiths | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 7 | **search through** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | all world | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent world=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/25/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/25/27/) - ↑ back to [The Underground Workers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/25/)