--- title: And they waited, and they waited, but still the pot didn't boil, til… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And they waited, and they waited, but still the pot didn't boil, till at last Mr. Miacca got tired of waiting, and he said: “Here, you under there, I'm not going to wait any longer; put out your leg, and I'll stop your giving us the slip.” Who acts: Grimes, pot, your. 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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 (Grimes, pot, your), 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:pg7439:36:29 # text = And they waited, and they waited, but still the pot didn't boil, till at last Mr. Miacca got tired of waiting, and he said: “Here, you under there, I'm not going to wait any longer; put out your leg, and I'll stop your giving us the slip.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 14 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 boil boil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 till till SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:desc _ _ 21 Miacca Miacca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 22 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 23 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 24 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 35 under under ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 any any ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 48 out out ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 55 xcomp _ _ 58 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 iobj _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 slip slip NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | Grimes *= grime* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under there=Location | | 2 | **wait** | past | Grimes *= grime* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **boil** | past · do-support | the pot | | | | still | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **get** | past | the pot *not said here* | | | last Miacca Mr. | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **wait** | gerund | the pot *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | pot | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | pot | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **wait** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | pot *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **put out** *in a quote* | infinitive | Grimes *= grime* *not said here* | your leg | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent leg=Goal | | 10 | **stop** *in a quote* | future | pot | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **give** *in a quote* | gerund | your | the slip | us | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient slip=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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/36/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/36/30/) - ↑ back to [Mr. Miacca](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/36/)