--- title: And the poor magpie, in spite of his wisdom, was obliged to throw an… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the poor magpie, in spite of his wisdom, was obliged to throw another of his little ones out of the nest; and this time he was not able to console himself with the thought that he had been much cleverer than other people. Who acts: time, magpie. 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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 (time, magpie), 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:pg2435:24:73 # text = And the poor magpie, in spite of his wisdom, was obliged to throw another of his little ones out of the nest; and this time he was not able to console himself with the thought that he had been much cleverer than other people. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 magpie magpie NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 console console NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 34 nmod:unmarked _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 cop _ _ 43 much much ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 cleverer clever ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 acl:relcl _ _ 45 than than ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the poor magpie and spite of magpie's wisdom | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 2 | **throw** | to-infinitive | | another | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | this time | | | | | with the thought; able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past · perfect | magpie | the thought *not said here* | | | | than other people; clever *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **spite** | | | magpie's wisdom | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/74/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)