--- title: With that the yard cock flapped his wings, made his comb swell up, a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: With that the yard cock flapped his wings, made his comb swell up, and crowed again; and they all shuddered, the hens and the little chicks--but they were very proud that one of their number was such a champion of all cocks. Who acts: yard cock, comb, cocks, one. 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C. Andersen, The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-cock. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (yard cock, comb, cocks, one), 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:pg27200:19:38 # text = With that the yard cock flapped his wings, made his comb swell up, and crowed again; and they all shuddered, the hens and the little chicks--but they were very proud that one of their number was such a champion of all cocks. 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 flapped flap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 swell swell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 crowed crow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 18 again again ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 shuddered shudder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 chicks chick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 parataxis _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nsubj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 45 det:predet _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 champion champion NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 advcl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 cocks cock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flap** | past | the yard cock | champion's wings | | | | with that | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 2 | **make** | past | the yard cock *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **swell up** | present | champion's comb | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **crow** | past | the yard cock *not said here* | | | | again | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **shudder** | participle · passive | | cocks *= cock* | | | | the hens and the little chicks *obl* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | cocks *= cock* | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | past | one of cocks's number | such champion | | | | of all cocks | 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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/19/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/19/39/) - ↑ back to [The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-cock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/19/)