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title: When the little pig saw what he was about, he hung on the pot full o… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: When the little pig saw what he was about, he hung on the pot full of water, and made up a blazing fire, and, just as the wolf was coming down, took off the cover, and in fell the wolf; so the little pig put on the cover again in an instant, boiled him up, and ate him for supper, and lived happy eve
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# English Fairy Tales, The Story of the Three Little Pigs, sentence 63

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When the little pig saw what he was about, he hung on the pot full of water, and made up a blazing fire, and, just as the wolf was coming down, took off the cover, and in fell the wolf; so the little pig put on the cover again in an instant, boiled him up, and ate him for supper, and lived happy ever afterwards.

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**Who acts:** little pig, wolf · **What happens:** see, be, hang, make up, blaze, come down · **To what, where:** pot, blazing fire, cover, wolf, little pig

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This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Story of the Three Little Pigs. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little pig, wolf), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7439:17:63
# text = When the little pig saw what he was about, he hung on the pot full of water, and made up a blazing fire, and, just as the wolf was coming down, took off the cover, and in fell the wolf; so the little pig put on the cover again in an instant, boiled him up, and ate him for supper, and lived happy ever afterwards.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
22	up	up	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	blazing	blaze	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	amod	_	_
25	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
29	just	just	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
30	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
33	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
35	down	down	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
38	off	off	ADP	RP	_	37	compound:prt	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
44	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
48	so	so	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj	_	_
52	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	51	acl	_	_
53	on	on	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
56	again	again	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	instant	instant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
61	boiled	boil	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
62	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	obj	_	_
63	up	up	ADP	RP	_	61	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
66	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
67	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	obj	_	_
68	for	for	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
72	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
73	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	xcomp	_	_
74	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	75	advmod	_	_
75	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	72	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | the little pig |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | wolf |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hang** | past | wolf |  |  | the pot |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on pot=Location |
| 4 | **make up** | participle | wolf *not said here* | a blazing fire |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fire=Pivot |
| 5 | **blaze** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **come down** | past · progressive | the wolf |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **take off** | past | wolf *not said here* | the cover |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Theme |
| 8 | **fall** | past | wolf *not said here* | the wolf |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient wolf=Result |
| 9 | **put** | participle |  | the little pig *not said here* |  | the cover | again | in a instant | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on cover=Destination |
| 10 | **boil up** | past | the little pig | wolf |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 11 | **eat** | past | wolf *not said here* | wolf |  |  |  | for supper | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 12 | **live** | past | wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  | afterwards, happy *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**Text:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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