--- title: Just as the kettle was beginning to sing, and steam to come out of t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Just as the kettle was beginning to sing, and steam to come out of the spout, he heard a sound like a soft, muffled step, patter, patter, patter overhead, and the next moment the fox’s head and fore-paws were seen coming down the chimney. Who acts: kettle, Blacky, next moment. 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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 (kettle, Blacky, next moment), 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:pg7277:13:75 # text = Just as the kettle was beginning to sing, and steam to come out of the spout, he heard a sound like a soft, muffled step, patter, patter, patter overhead, and the next moment the fox’s head and fore-paws were seen coming down the chimney. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ _ 14 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 spout spout NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 muffled muffled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 patter patter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 patter patter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 patter patter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 35 overhead overhead ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 fore fore NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 51 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 xcomp _ _ 52 down down ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past · progressive | the kettle | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | the kettle *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come out** | to-infinitive | the kettle *not said here* | the spout | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient spout=Result | | 4 | **hear** | past | Blacky | a sound | | | | like a soft muffled step | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 5 | **patter** | infinitive | Blacky *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **patter** | infinitive | Blacky *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **patter** | infinitive | Blacky *not said here* | | | | | overhead *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | past · passive | | the next moment the fox's head and fore paws | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **come down** | gerund | the next moment the fox's head and fore paws *not said here* | the chimney | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chimney=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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/13/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/13/76/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Pigs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/13/)