--- title: Then the hermit picked up an apple from the ground, and gave it to h… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the hermit picked up an apple from the ground, and gave it to him, saying: “Eat half of this apple, and give the rest to your wife, and cease wandering through the world.” Who acts: hermit. 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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 (hermit), 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:pg2435:9:88 # text = Then the hermit picked up an apple from the ground, and gave it to him, saying: “Eat half of this apple, and give the rest to your wife, and cease wandering through the world.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 cease cease VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 37 wandering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 xcomp _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | participle | the hermit | a apple | | the ground | then | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Topic | | 2 | **give** | past | the hermit *not said here* | apple | hermit | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the hermit *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **eat** *in a quote* | infinitive | | half of this apple | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the rest | your wife | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Theme to wife=Recipient | | 6 | **cease** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **wonder** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | | | | the world | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/89/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/)