--- title: And when the sparrows came to beg for some corn, they fared no bette… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when the sparrows came to beg for some corn, they fared no better than the cows and the cats, for the girl threw her shoes at them, till they flew in a fright to the woods, and took shelter amongst the trees. Who acts: sparrows, girl, cows. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, O --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/39/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/) / 39 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 11, sentence 39 And when the sparrows came to beg for some corn, they fared no better than the cows and the cats, for the girl threw her shoes at them, till they flew in a fright to the woods, and took shelter amongst the trees. **Who acts:** sparrows, girl, cows · **What happens:** come, beg, fare, throw, fly, take · **To what, where:** shoes, fright, shelter This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sparrows, girl, cows), 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:pg3027:11:39 # text = And when the sparrows came to beg for some corn, they fared no better than the cows and the cats, for the girl threw her shoes at them, till they flew in a fright to the woods, and took shelter amongst the trees. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sparrows sparrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 fared fare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 no no ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 xcomp _ _ 16 than than ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 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 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 till till SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 44 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the sparrows | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | the sparrows *not said here* | | | | | for some corn | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for corn=Topic | | 3 | **fare** | past | sparrows *= sparrow* | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **throw** | past | the girl | girl's shoes | | | | at cows *= cow* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme at they=Destination | | 5 | **fly** | past | cows *= cow* | | | a fright | | to the woods | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fright=Location | | 6 | **take** | past | sparrows *= sparrow* *not said here* | shelter | | | | amongst the trees | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/40/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/)