--- title: "Your feathers may do very well in spring," replied the Crow, "but--… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: "Your feathers may do very well in spring," replied the Crow, "but--I don't remember ever having seen you around in winter, and that's when I enjoy myself most." Who acts: feathers, Crow, Swallow, that. 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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 (feathers, Crow, Swallow, that), 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:pg19994:138:6 # text = "Your feathers may do very well in spring," replied the Crow, "but--I don't remember ever having seen you around in winter, and that's when I enjoy myself most." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 12 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 21 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 23 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 24 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 around around ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 enjoy enjoy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 37 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | may | Your feathers | | | | spring | well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Crow | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **remember** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Swallow *= swallow* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | the Swallow *= swallow* *not said here* | | | | ever | | tree rules | | 5 | **see around** *in a quote* | participle | the Swallow *= swallow* *not said here* | you | | | winter | around *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | when *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **enjoy** *in a quote* | present | the Swallow *= swallow* | the Swallow *= swallow* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer myself=Stimulus | 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:** «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 19994 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/138/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/138/7/) - ↑ back to [The Swallow and the Crow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/138/)