--- title: At first the Shifty Lad shut his eyes too, but very soon he sat up,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At first the Shifty Lad shut his eyes too, but very soon he sat up, and taking a big needle and thread from his pocket, he sewed the hem of the Black Gallows Bird’s coat to a heavy piece of bullock’s hide that was hanging at his back. Who acts: Shifty Lad, Rogue, hide. 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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 (Shifty Lad, Rogue, hide), 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:pg3454:1:114 # text = At first the Shifty Lad shut his eyes too, but very soon he sat up, and taking a big needle and thread from his pocket, he sewed the hem of the Black Gallows Bird’s coat to a heavy piece of bullock’s hide that was hanging at his back. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Shifty shifty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Lad Lad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 sewed sew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hem hem NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 Black Black ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Gallows Gallows PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 37 compound _ _ 37 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 acl:relcl _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut** | past | the Shifty Lad | Rogue's eyes | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 2 | **sit up** | past | Rogue | | | | | soon *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | gerund | Rogue *not said here* | a big needle and thread | | Rogue's pocket | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent needle=Theme from pocket=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **sew** | past | Rogue | the hem of the Gallows Bird's coat | | | | to a heavy piece of bullock's hide | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hem=Patient to piece=Co-Patient | | 5 | **hang** | past · progressive | bullock's hide | | | Rogue's back | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at back=Location | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/113/) - next →: [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 2, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/1/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/)