--- title: Then she went on a little bit farther, and came to an apple tree, so… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she went on a little bit farther, and came to an apple tree, so loaded with fruit that its branches were breaking down, and the tree said, "Little girl, little girl, help me shake my fruit. Who acts: cow, branches, tree. 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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 (cow, branches, tree), 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:pg14241:23:86 # text = Then she went on a little bit farther, and came to an apple tree, so loaded with fruit that its branches were breaking down, and the tree said, "Little girl, little girl, help me shake my fruit. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 breaking break VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | cow | | | a little bit | then | far *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on bit=Location | | 2 | **come** | past | | | | a apple tree | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **load** | participle | | | | | | with fruit | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fruit=Theme | | 4 | **break down** | past · progressive | fruit's branches | fruit *not said here* | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the tree | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the tree *= tree* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 7 | **shake** *in a quote* | infinitive | the tree *= tree* *not said here* | my fruit | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent fruit=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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/87/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/)