--- title: From that day, whenever they wanted food they went to the hut, and t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: From that day, whenever they wanted food they went to the hut, and though the robin could not speak, he would hop on their shoulders and let them feed him with the food they knew he liked best. Who acts: corner, robin. 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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 (corner, robin), 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:pg3282:8:7 # text = From that day, whenever they wanted food they went to the hut, and though the robin could not speak, he would hop on their shoulders and let them feed him with the food they knew he liked best. 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 8 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 16 though though SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 robin robin NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 hop hop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 41 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | corner | food | | | | whenever *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | corner | | | the hut | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hut=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | could | the robin | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hop** | would | robin | | | corner's shoulders | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Trajectory | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | robin *not said here* | corner | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **feed** | infinitive | corner *not said here* | | robin | | | with the food | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **know** | past | corner | the food *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **like** | past | robin | best | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot good=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/8/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/)