--- title: At length, one morning early, a cock began to crow so loud that she… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length, one morning early, a cock began to crow so loud that she could sleep no longer and as he continued to crow she seemed to understand what he was saying, and that he was telling her that Djulung was dead, killed and eaten by her sisters, and that his bones lay buried under the kitchen fire. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/88/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/) / 88 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22, sentence 88 At length, one morning early, a cock began to crow so loud that she could sleep no longer and as he continued to crow she seemed to understand what he was saying, and that he was telling her that Djulung was dead, killed and eaten by her sisters, and that his bones lay buried under the kitchen fire. **Who acts:** cock, body, Djulung · **What happens:** begin, crow, sleep, continue, seem, understand · **To what, where:** length, body, kitchen fire · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cock, body, Djulung), 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:pg3454:22:88 # text = At length, one morning early, a cock began to crow so loud that she could sleep no longer and as he continued to crow she seemed to understand what he was saying, and that he was telling her that Djulung was dead, killed and eaten by her sisters, and that his bones lay buried under the kitchen fire. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ 6 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 crow crow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 19 no no ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 18 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 crow crow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 Djulung Djulung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 conj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 conj _ _ 50 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj _ _ 58 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 60 under under ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | a cock | | | length one morning | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **crow** | to-infinitive | a cock *not said here* | | | | | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sleep** | could | body | | | | | long *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **continue** | past | cock | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **crow** | to-infinitive | cock *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **seem** | past | body | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **understand** | to-infinitive | body *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | cock | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | cock | | body | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 10 | **is** | past | Djulung | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **kill** | participle | Djulung *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **eat** | participle | Djulung *not said here* | | | | | by body's sisters | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **bury** | past · passive | a cock *not said here* | | | the kitchen fire | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: under fire=Destination | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/89/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/)