--- title: ‘That is a fair bargain,’ and as he spoke Peronnik jumped down and f… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘That is a fair bargain,’ and as he spoke Peronnik jumped down and fastened his colt to a tree; then, stopping, he fixed one end of the net to the trunk of the apple tree, and called to the korigan to hold the other while he took out the pegs. Who acts: That, sorry, Peronnik. 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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 (That, sorry, Peronnik), 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:pg3454:27:38 # text = ‘That is a fair bargain,’ and as he spoke Peronnik jumped down and fastened his colt to a tree; then, stopping, he fixed one end of the net to the trunk of the apple tree, and called to the korigan to hold the other while he took out the pegs. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 Peronnik Peronnik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 15 down down ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 fixed fix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 korigan korigan NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 obj _ _ 52 while while SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 55 out out ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 pegs peg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | That | a fair bargain | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | sorry | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **jump down** | past | Peronnik | | | | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fasten** | past | Peronnik *not said here* | Peronnik's colt | | | | to a tree | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent colt=Patient to tree=Co-Patient | | 5 | **stop** | gerund | sorry *not said here* | | | | then | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **fix** | past | sorry | one end of the net | | | | to the trunk of the apple tree | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent end=Patient to trunk=Co-Patient | | 7 | **call** | participle | sorry *not said here* | | the korigan | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to korigan=Recipient | | 8 | **hold** | to-infinitive | sorry *not said here* | the other | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme | | 9 | **take out** | past | sorry | the pegs | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peg=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 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/39/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/)