--- title: So he fetched a little water from the stream in his horn hunting cup… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he fetched a little water from the stream in his horn hunting cup, then, cutting some branches from the trees, he twisted them into a litter which he covered with moss, and laid the white doe gently on it. Who acts: bade, horn. 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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 (bade, horn), 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:pg3027:24:47 # text = So he fetched a little water from the stream in his horn hunting cup, then, cutting some branches from the trees, he twisted them into a litter which he covered with moss, and laid the white doe gently on it. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 cutting cut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 19 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 20 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 twisted twist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 litter litter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 doe doe NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 gently gently ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fetch** | past | bade | a little water | | the stream | | in bade's horn | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme from stream=Source | | 2 | **hunt** | gerund | bade's horn *not said here* | cup | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme | | 3 | **cut** | gerund | bade *not said here* | some branches | | the trees | then | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset branch=Product from tree=Material | | 4 | **twist** | past | bade | branches *= branch* | | a litter | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme into litter=Trajectory | | 5 | **cover** | past | bade | a litter | | | | with moss | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent which=Destination with moss=Theme | | 6 | **lay** | past | bade *not said here* | the white doe | | moss | | gently *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent doe=Theme on it=Destination | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/)