--- title: The parrot waited a little, until he was really awake, and then she… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The parrot waited a little, until he was really awake, and then she said boldly that she had been sent to take away the crown, which was not his any longer, now his daughter the queen was dead. Who acts: parrot, Monkey, crown. 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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 (parrot, Monkey, crown), 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:pg3027:25:85 # text = The parrot waited a little, until he was really awake, and then she said boldly that she had been sent to take away the crown, which was not his any longer, now his daughter the queen was dead. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 really really ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 boldly boldly ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 25 away away ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 33 any any ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | the parrot | a little | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Parrot | | | | | awake *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Monkey | | | | then | boldly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | Monkey | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **take away** | to-infinitive | | the crown | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | | 6 | **not** **is** | past | the crown | | | | now | dead, long *property* | 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:** «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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/86/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/)