--- title: And for the third time the voice still called for water; and when wa… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And for the third time the voice still called for water; and when water was given it the last hoop was rent, the cask fell in pieces, and out flew a dragon, who snatched up the empress just as she was returning from her walk, and carried her off. Who acts: last hoop, cask, dragon, voice. 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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 (last hoop, cask, dragon, voice), 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:pg641:7:45 # text = And for the third time the voice still called for water; and when water was given it the last hoop was rent, the cask fell in pieces, and out flew a dragon, who snatched up the empress just as she was returning from her walk, and carried her off. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 8 still still ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 15 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hoop hoop NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 rent rent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cask cask NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 out out ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 snatched snatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 empress empress NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 just just ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 53 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 off off ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | | the voice *not said here* | | | still | for water | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for water=Recipient | | 2 | **give** | past · passive | | water | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient it=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the last hoop | | | | | rent *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **fall** | past | the cask | | | pieces | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in piece=Location | | 5 | **fly** | past | the cask *not said here* | a dragon | | | | out *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dragon=Theme | | 6 | **snatch up** | past | a dragon | the empress | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent empress=Theme | | 7 | **return** | past · progressive | voice | | | voice's walk | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from walk=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **carry off** | past | the cask *not said here* | voice | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 9 | **walk** | | voice | | | | | | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/46/) - ↑ back to [The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/)