--- title: No, it is not a young turkey, certainly,' whispered she in confidenc… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No, it is not a young turkey, certainly,' whispered she in confidence to the mother, 'for though it is lean and skinny, and has no colour to speak of, yet there is something rather distinguished about it, and it holds its head up well.' Who acts: neighbour, young turkey, something. 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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 (neighbour, young turkey, something), 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:pg3027:8:94 # text = No, it is not a young turkey, certainly,' whispered she in confidence to the mother, 'for though it is lean and skinny, and has no colour to speak of, yet there is something rather distinguished about it, and it holds its head up well.' 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 turkey turkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 13 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 though though SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 lean lean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 skinny skinny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 33 det _ _ 33 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 40 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 40 nsubj _ _ 42 rather rather ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 distinguished distinguished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 44 about about ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 50 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 up up ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | neighbour | a young turkey | | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | a young turkey | duck | the mother | confidence | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Topic to mother=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | present | neighbour | | | | | lean *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | neighbour *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | present | | no colour | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | no colour *not said here* | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **be** | present | something | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **hold** | present | neighbour | neighbour's head | | | | well *property* | vn keep-15.2 «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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/93/) - next →: [Opening, part 9, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/)