--- title: Next he sewed roughly together some bits of cloth to serve as a pock… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Next he sewed roughly together some bits of cloth to serve as a pocket, and this he filled with glue and lark’s feathers, a string of beads, a whistle of elder wood, and a slice of bread rubbed over with bacon fat. Who acts: colt, this, elder wood. 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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 (colt, this, elder wood), 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:pg3454:27:7 # text = Next he sewed roughly together some bits of cloth to serve as a pocket, and this he filled with glue and lark’s feathers, a string of beads, a whistle of elder wood, and a slice of bread rubbed over with bacon fat. 1 Next next ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sewed sew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 glue glue NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 lark lark NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 beads bead NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 slice slice NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 rubbed rub VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 44 over over ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 bacon bacon NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sew** | past | colt | some bits of cloth | | | | next, together *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Product | | 2 | **serve** | to-infinitive | colt *not said here* | | | | | as a pocket | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as pocket=Attribute | | 3 | **fill** | past | this | | | | | with glue and lark's feathers and a string of beads and a whistle of elder wood | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with glue=Instrument | | 4 | **rub over** | participle · passive | | a slice of bread | | | | with bacon fat; over *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with fat=Theme | | 5 | **whistle** | | elder wood | | | | | | nom whistle «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **slice** | | | bread | | | | | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/8/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/)