--- title: Now this little boy used to go out and feed his bull-calf every day… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now this little boy used to go out and feed his bull-calf every day with barley bread, and when he did so this time, an old man came up to him--we can guess who that was, eh?--and said to him: "You and your bull-calf had better go away and seek your fortune." Who acts: father, old man, we. 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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 (father, old man, we), 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:pg14241:30:81 # text = Now this little boy used to go out and feed his bull-calf every day with barley bread, and when he did so this time, an old man came up to him--we can guess who that was, eh?--and said to him: "You and your bull-calf had better go away and seek your fortune." 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 12 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 up up ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 ccomp _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 conj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 eh eh INTJ UH _ 39 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 52 " " PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 55 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 56 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 59 advmod _ _ 61 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 ccomp _ _ 62 away away ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 conj _ _ 65 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | this little boy *not said here* | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **go out** | to-infinitive | | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **feed** | infinitive | | | father's bull calf | | day | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Recipient | | 4 | **do** | past | father | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come up** | past | a old man | this time *not said here* | father | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | | 6 | **guess** | can | we | | | | time | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | | this little boy | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | we *not said here* | | father | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **go away** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **seek** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your fortune | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=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:** «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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/82/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/)