--- title: Peter could hardly believe his good fortune, and went quickly to see… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Peter could hardly believe his good fortune, and went quickly to see for himself if it was really true; and when he reached the tree there certainly was a bird flying in and out as if she had a nest in it. Who acts: Peter, nest, bird. 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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 (Peter, nest, bird), 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:pg2435:16:52 # text = Peter could hardly believe his good fortune, and went quickly to see for himself if it was really true; and when he reached the tree there certainly was a bird flying in and out as if she had a nest in it. 1 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obl _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 really really ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 when when SCONJ WRB _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 29 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 33 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 34 in in ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 out out ADV RB _ 34 conj _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | could | Peter | Peter's good fortune | | | | hardly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fortune=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** | past | Peter *not said here* | | | | | quickly *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | Peter *not said here* | | | | | for Peter | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | nest | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **reach** | past | Peter | the tree | | there | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | | a bird | | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **fly** | gerund | a bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** | past | bird | a nest | | nest | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/53/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/)