--- title: “I have got to find a golden hen who has lost a feather out of her t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I have got to find a golden hen who has lost a feather out of her tail,” answered the boy; “but I don’t know where she lives or how I shall catch her!” Who acts: boy, golden hen, hen. 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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 (boy, golden hen, hen), 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:pg3282:22:145 # text = “I have got to find a golden hen who has lost a feather out of her tail,” answered the boy; “but I don’t know where she lives or how I shall catch her!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 parataxis _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 out out ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 21 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the boy *= boy* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the boy *= boy* *not said here* | a golden hen | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Topic | | 3 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · perfect | a golden hen | a feather | | hen's tail | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent feather=Theme out tail=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **answer** *speech: express* | past | the boy | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the boy *= boy* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **live** *in a quote* | present | hen | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **catch** *in a quote* | shall | the boy *= boy* | hen | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 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 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/144/) - next →: [The Brown Fairy Book, part 23, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/1/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/)