--- title: “Where do all these pigs come from, and how did you get them?” asked… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Where do all these pigs come from, and how did you get them?” asked the old man in surprise, when his son knocked at the door of the hut he had left only the day before. Who acts: pigs, you, old man, son. 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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 (pigs, you, old man, son), 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:pg2435:26:46 # text = “Where do all these pigs come from, and how did you get them?” asked the old man in surprise, when his son knocked at the door of the hut he had left only the day before. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 3 advmod _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 18 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 when when SCONJ WRB _ 28 mark _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 before before ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present · do-support | all pigs | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | pigs *= pig* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the old man | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **knock** | past | youth's son | | | | | at the door of the hut | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient | | 5 | **leave** | past · perfect | son | the hut *not said here* | | | day | before *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hut=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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/47/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/)