--- title: When they had cleared off every crumb the largest bird with the gaye… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they had cleared off every crumb the largest bird with the gayest plumage said to him: “If you are in trouble and need help say, ‘My birds, come to me!’ and we will come.” Who acts: birds, largest bird, man, help. 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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 (birds, largest bird, man, help), 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:pg2435:22:27 # text = When they had cleared off every crumb the largest bird with the gayest plumage said to him: “If you are in trouble and need help say, ‘My birds, come to me!’ and we will come.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 cleared clear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 crumb crumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 gayest gay ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 amod _ _ 14 plumage plumage NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 If if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clear off** | past · perfect | birds *= bird* | every crumb | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the largest bird with the gayest plumage | every crumb *not said here* | man | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent crumb=Topic to he=Recipient | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | man | | | trouble | | | tree rules | | 4 | **need** *in a quote* | present | man *not said here* | help | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | help *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the largest bird with the gayest plumage *= bird* | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | future | we | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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:** «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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/28/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/)