--- title: He had hardly said the words when there they all were; and when the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He had hardly said the words when there they all were; and when the birds had brought all the feathers back again, Tritill, and Litill, and he, put them away in the pillows, as the ogress had bidden him. Who acts: youth. 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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 (youth), 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:pg2435:22:48 # text = He had hardly said the words when there they all were; and when the birds had brought all the feathers back again, Tritill, and Litill, and he, put them away in the pillows, as the ogress had bidden him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 Tritill Tritill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 Litill Litill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 pillows pillow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 ogress ogress NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | youth | the words feathers | | | | hardly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 2 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the birds | | | again | Tritill *obl*; Litill *obl* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination feather=Theme | | 3 | **put away** | infinitive | youth | feathers *= feather* | | the pillows | | away *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in pillow=Destination | | 4 | **bid** | past · perfect · passive | | the ogress | | | | | tree rules | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/49/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/)