--- title: But scarcely had she seen him when he began to change into a bird, a… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But scarcely had she seen him when he began to change into a bird, and then he said: "Now you have seen me, you shall see me no more, unless you are willing to serve seven years and a day for me, so that I may become a man once more." Who acts: girl, friend, you. 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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 (girl, friend, you), 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:pg14241:18:27 # text = But scarcely had she seen him when he began to change into a bird, and then he said: "Now you have seen me, you shall see me no more, unless you are willing to serve seven years and a day for me, so that I may become a man once more." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 no no ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 parataxis _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 53 mark _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 fixed _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 xcomp _ _ 56 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 57 advmod _ _ 57 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | | | | | | scarcely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | participle | girl | friend | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **begin** | past | friend | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **change** | to-infinitive | friend *not said here* | | | | | into a bird *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into bird=Result | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | friend | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | friend | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | you | friend | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **serve** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | year | for friend | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for i=Recipient | | 10 | **become** *in a quote* | may | friend | a man | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/28/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/)