--- title: ‘As many as this bag will hold,’ replied Peronnik, opening, as he sp… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘As many as this bag will hold,’ replied Peronnik, opening, as he spoke, the bag which he had filled with feathers and glue; and to prove what he said, he turned his back on the lion and began to imitate the song of a lark. Who acts: bag, many, Peronnik, lark. 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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 (bag, many, Peronnik, lark), 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:pg3454:27:52 # text = ‘As many as this bag will hold,’ replied Peronnik, opening, as he spoke, the bag which he had filled with feathers and glue; and to prove what he said, he turned his back on the lion and began to imitate the song of a lark. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 As as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nsubj _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Peronnik Peronnik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 opening open VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 glue glue NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 prove prove VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 obj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 imitate imitate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 lark lark NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | future | this bag | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | many | Peronnik | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent peronnik=Topic | | 3 | **open** | gerund | Peronnik *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Peronnik | the bag | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **fill** | past · perfect · passive | | the bag | | | | with feathers and glue | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with feather=Instrument | | 6 | **prove** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Peronnik | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **turn** | past | Peronnik | Peronnik's back | | | | on the lion | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme | | 9 | **begin** | past | Peronnik *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **imitate** | to-infinitive | Peronnik *not said here* | the song of a lark | | | | | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme | | 11 | **sing** | | a lark | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/53/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/)