--- title: Then he called to the raven, and the raven came flapping towards him… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he called to the raven, and the raven came flapping towards him, and said: 'Put your hand under my right wing, and you will find there a knife sharp enough to take off his head.' Who acts: giant, raven, you. 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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 (giant, raven, you), 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:pg3027:5:18 # text = Then he called to the raven, and the raven came flapping towards him, and said: 'Put your hand under my right wing, and you will find there a knife sharp enough to take off his head.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 flapping flap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 13 towards towards ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 under under ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 36 enough enough ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 39 off off ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | giant | | the raven | | then | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to raven=Recipient | | 2 | **come** | past | the raven | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **flap** | gerund | the raven *not said here* | | | | | towards giant | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent towards he=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | | your hand | | my right wing | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme under wing=Destination | | 6 | **find** | future | you | a knife | | there | | sharp *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Topic | | 7 | **take off** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | giant's head | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/19/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/)