--- title: “He has eaten our children and sleeps after it; he must die,” said t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “He has eaten our children and sleeps after it; he must die,” said the father-bird, and flew back to the hills and clawed up a huge stone which he meant to let fall on the prince’s head. Who acts: prince, father bird, huge stone. 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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 (prince, father bird, huge stone), 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:pg3282:4:89 # text = “He has eaten our children and sleeps after it; he must die,” said the father-bird, and flew back to the hills and clawed up a huge stone which he meant to let fall on the prince’s head. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 5 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 clawed claw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | present · perfect | prince | our children | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 2 | **sleep** *in a quote* | present | prince *not said here* | | | | after murderer | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **die** *in a quote* | must | prince | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the father bird | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **fly back** | past | | | | | | to the hills *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hill=Result | | 6 | **claw up** | participle | | a huge stone | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mean** | past | a huge stone | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a huge stone *not said here* | fall | | the prince's head | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent fall=Theme on head=Asset | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/90/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/)