--- title: But never will she betray the place where the Bird of Truth is hidde… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But never will she betray the place where the Bird of Truth is hidden, for she hates him, and would kill him if she could; knowing well, however, that this bird cannot die, as he is immortal, she keeps him closely shut up, and guarded night and day by the Birds of Bad Faith, who seek to gag him so t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/39/) [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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/) / 39 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 33, sentence 39 But never will she betray the place where the Bird of Truth is hidden, for she hates him, and would kill him if she could; knowing well, however, that this bird cannot die, as he is immortal, she keeps him closely shut up, and guarded night and day by the Birds of Bad Faith, who seek to gag him so that his voice should not be heard.' **Who acts:** castle, bird, Truth, Birds · **What happens:** not betray, hide, hate, kill, know, not die · **To what, where:** place, Bird, Truth, voice This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (castle, bird, Truth, Birds), 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:pg3027:33:39 # text = But never will she betray the place where the Bird of Truth is hidden, for she hates him, and would kill him if she could; knowing well, however, that this bird cannot die, as he is immortal, she keeps him closely shut up, and guarded night and day by the Birds of Bad Faith, who seek to gag him so that his voice should not be heard.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 betray betray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Truth Truth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 hates hate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 30 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 however however ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 immortal immortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 closely closely ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 shut shut VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 xcomp _ _ 51 up up ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 conj _ _ 55 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl:unmarked _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 Birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 Faith Faith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 66 nsubj _ _ 66 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 gag gag VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 xcomp _ _ 69 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ _ 70 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 77 mark _ _ 71 that that SCONJ IN _ 70 fixed _ _ 72 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 73 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nsubj:pass _ _ 74 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 75 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 77 advmod _ _ 76 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 77 aux:pass _ _ 77 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **betray** | future | castle | the place | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hide** | present · passive | | the Bird of Truth | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **hate** | present | castle | Truth | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **kill** | would | castle *not said here* | Truth | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **know** | gerund | castle *not said here* | | | | | however, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **not** **die** | can | this bird | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **is** | present | Truth | | | | | immortal *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **keep** | present | castle | Truth | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **shut up** | present | Truth *not said here* | | | | | closely *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **guard** | participle | castle *not said here* | | | | night | by the Birds of Bad Faith | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **seek** | present | the Birds of Bad Faith | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **gag** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Birds of Bad Faith *not said here* | | Truth | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination | | 13 | **not** **hear** | should · passive | | Truth's voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | 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/pg3027/33/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/40/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/)