--- title: Look, in the spring, where she builds her nest in a hole in a tree,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Look, in the spring, where she builds her nest in a hole in a tree, and when the time comes for her brood to fly off block up the entrance to the nest with a hard sod, and lurk in ambush behind the tree till the bird returns to feed her nestlings. Who acts: you, step, time, 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 (you, step, time, 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:pg2435:16:9 # text = Look, in the spring, where she builds her nest in a hole in a tree, and when the time comes for her brood to fly off block up the entrance to the nest with a hard sod, and lurk in ambush behind the tree till the bird returns to feed her nestlings. 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 builds build VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 brood brood NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 fly fly VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 29 off off ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 block block VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 sod sod NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 lurk lurk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 ambush ambush NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 behind behind ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 till till SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 returns return VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 55 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 nestlings nestling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | spring | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **build** | present | step | step's nest | | a hole in a tree | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Product | | 3 | **come** | present | the time | | | | | for step's brood | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fly off** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **block up** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the entrance | | | | to the nest; with a hard sod | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent entrance=Destination with sod=Theme | | 6 | **return** | present | the bird | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **feed** | to-infinitive | the bird *not said here* | step's nestlings | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nestling=Recipient | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/10/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/16/)