--- title: 'Oh, that is easily done,' said the eldest brother, jumping into the… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Oh, that is easily done,' said the eldest brother, jumping into the basket, which at once began to move--up, and up, and up--till he had gone about half-way, when a fat black raven flew at him and pecked him till he was nearly blind, so that he was forced to go back the way he had come. 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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 (eldest brother, overlooker, fat black raven), 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:pg3027:4:79 # text = 'Oh, that is easily done,' said the eldest brother, jumping into the basket, which at once began to move--up, and up, and up--till he had gone about half-way, when a fat black raven flew at him and pecked him till he was nearly blind, so that he was forced to go back the way he had come. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 easily easily ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 13 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 23 obl _ _ 23 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 up up ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 up up ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 parataxis _ _ 39 about about ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 when when SCONJ WRB _ 49 mark _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 pecked peck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 till till SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 58 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 65 mark _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 fixed _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj:pass _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux:pass _ _ 65 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 parataxis _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ _ 68 back back ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl:unmarked _ _ 71 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 70 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · passive | | that | | | | easily *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the eldest brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **jump** | gerund | the eldest brother *not said here* | | | the basket | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into basket=Destination | | 4 | **begin** | past | | the basket | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **move up** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go about** | past · perfect | overlooker | half way | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fly** | past | a fat black raven | | | | | at overlooker | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location | | 8 | **peck** | past | a fat black raven *not said here* | overlooker | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 9 | **is** | past | overlooker | | | | | blind, nearly *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **force** | past · passive | | overlooker | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 11 | **go back** | to-infinitive | overlooker *not said here* | the way | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 12 | **come** | past · perfect | overlooker | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/80/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/)