--- title: They declared that her white plumage was really put on to hide her b… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They declared that her white plumage was really put on to hide her black feathers--in fact there was nothing they did not do in order to prevent the king from seeing the bird or from paying attention to her words if he did. Who acts: birds, nothing, king, news. 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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 (birds, nothing, king, news), 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:pg3027:33:103 # text = They declared that her white plumage was really put on to hide her black feathers--in fact there was nothing they did not do in order to prevent the king from seeing the bird or from paying attention to her words if he did. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 plumage plumage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 really really ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 10 on on ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 19 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 20 expl _ _ 20 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 20 nsubj _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 from from SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 from from SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 paying pay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 39 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | birds *= bird* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **put on** | past · passive | | news's white plumage | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 3 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | news's black feathers | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient | | 4 | **be** | past | nothing | | | fact; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fact=Location | | 5 | **not** **do** | past · do-support | birds *= bird* | | | order | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | birds *= bird* *not said here* | the king | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer king=Theme | | 7 | **see** | gerund | birds *= bird* *not said here* | the bird | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus | | 8 | **pay** | gerund | birds *= bird* *not said here* | attention | | | | to news's words | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset | | 9 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | king | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **word** | | news | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/104/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/)