--- title: And all the while the little bull-calf was fighting all the wild bea… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And all the while the little bull-calf was fighting all the wild beasts on the ground, and the little lad was clapping his hands up the tree, and calling out: "Go in, my little bull-calf! Who acts: little bull calf, little lad. 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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 (little bull calf, little lad), 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:pg14241:30:96 # text = And all the while the little bull-calf was fighting all the wild beasts on the ground, and the little lad was clapping his hands up the tree, and calling out: "Go in, my little bull-calf! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 clapping clap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 up up ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 38 in in ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 41 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 42 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past · progressive | the little bull calf | all wild beasts | | the ground | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Co-Agent | | 2 | **clap** | past · progressive | the little lad | lad's hands | | | | up the tree | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 3 | **call out** *speech: express* | gerund | the little bull calf *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go in** *in a quote* | infinitive | | my little bull calf | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/97/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/)