--- title: He was too much exhausted to take the trouble of cutting any fern or… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was too much exhausted to take the trouble of cutting any fern or seeking for moss, but just threw himself down under a tree, when exactly above his head he heard a great buzzing as a bumble-bee alighted on a honeysuckle branch. Who acts: head. 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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 (head), 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:pg3282:18:28 # text = He was too much exhausted to take the trouble of cutting any fern or seeking for moss, but just threw himself down under a tree, when exactly above his head he heard a great buzzing as a bumble-bee alighted on a honeysuckle branch. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 cutting cut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 12 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 13 det _ _ 13 fern fern NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 just just ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 under under ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 29 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 above above ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 buzzing buzzing NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 bumble bumble NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 43 alighted alight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 honeysuckle honeysuckle NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exhaust** | past · passive | | bear | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | | the trouble | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme | | 3 | **cut** | gerund | | any fern | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fern=Product | | 4 | **seek** | gerund | | | | | | for moss | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for moss=Theme | | 5 | **throw down** | past | | bear | | a tree | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme under tree=Destination | | 6 | **hear** | past | bear's head | a great buzzing | | | | as a bumble bee | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer buzzing=Stimulus | | 7 | **alight** | participle | | a bumble bee *not said here* | | a honeysuckle branch | | | tree rules | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/29/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/)