--- title: Even the turkey-cock, who was so big, never passed him without mocki… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Even the turkey-cock, who was so big, never passed him without mocking words, and his brothers and sisters, who would not have noticed any difference unless it had been put into their heads, soon became as rude and unkind as the rest. Who acts: turkey cock, brothers. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/25/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/) / 25 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 9, sentence 25 Even the turkey-cock, who was so big, never passed him without mocking words, and his brothers and sisters, who would not have noticed any difference unless it had been put into their heads, soon became as rude and unkind as the rest. **Who acts:** turkey cock, brothers · **What happens:** be, not pass, mock, not notice, put, become · **To what, where:** rest, words, difference, heads This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (turkey cock, brothers), 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:pg3027:9:25 # text = Even the turkey-cock, who was so big, never passed him without mocking words, and his brothers and sisters, who would not have noticed any difference unless it had been put into their heads, soon became as rude and unkind as the rest. 1 Even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 turkey turkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 without without SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 mocking mock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 17 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux _ _ 29 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 parataxis _ _ 30 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 42 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 unkind unkind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the turkey cock | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **pass** | past | the turkey cock *not said here* | rest | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Trajectory | | 3 | **mock** | gerund | the turkey cock *not said here* | words | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 4 | **not** **notice** | would · perfect | rest's brothers and sisters | any difference | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer difference=Stimulus | | 5 | **put** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | difference | | brothers's heads | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 6 | **become** | past | | | | | | as rude; soon *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/)