--- title: The bird complained to the dog of this bare-faced robbery, but nothi… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The bird complained to the dog of this bare-faced robbery, but nothing he said was of any avail, for the dog answered that he found false credentials on the sausage, and that was the reason his life had been forfeited. Who acts: bird, nothing, dog, that. 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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 (bird, nothing, dog, that), 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:pg2591:21:17 # text = The bird complained to the dog of this bare-faced robbery, but nothing he said was of any avail, for the dog answered that he found false credentials on the sausage, and that was the reason his life had been forfeited. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 complained complain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 9 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 faced faced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 robbery robbery NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 21 nsubj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 avail avail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 30 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 credentials credential NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sausage sausage NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 forfeited forfeit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **complain** *speech: other* | participle | | the bird but any avail *not said here* | the dog of this faced robbery | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to dog=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | bird | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | nothing | | | | | of any avail | tree rules | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the dog | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **find** | past | bird | false credentials and the reason | | the sausage | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent credential=Topic | | 6 | **is a** | past | that | the reason | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **forfeit** | past · perfect · passive | the reason *not said here* | bird's life | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/21/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/21/18/) - ↑ back to [The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/21/)