--- title: It was empty, save for a large cask, bound with iron hoops, and out… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was empty, save for a large cask, bound with iron hoops, and out of the cask a voice was saying entreatingly, ‘For goodness’ sake, brother, fetch me some water; I am dying of thirst!’ Who acts: curiosity, voice, I. 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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 (curiosity, voice, I), 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:pg641:7:41 # text = It was empty, save for a large cask, bound with iron hoops, and out of the cask a voice was saying entreatingly, ‘For goodness’ sake, brother, fetch me some water; I am dying of thirst!’ 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 cask cask NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 hoops hoop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 out out ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cask cask NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 25 entreatingly entreatingly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 For for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 31 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | curiosity | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **save** | infinitive | | | | | | for a large cask | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for cask=Source | | 3 | **bind** | participle | | a large cask *not said here* | | | | with iron hoops | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with hoop=Co-Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | a voice | goodness sake and brother | | the cask | | entreatingly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fetch** | infinitive | | some water | me | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary water=Theme | | 6 | **die** | present · progressive | I | | | | | of thirst | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of thirst=Causer | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/42/) - ↑ back to [The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/)