--- title: ‘If thou hadst remembered how I thatched the byre, thou wouldst have… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If thou hadst remembered how I thatched the byre, thou wouldst have given me my share,’ cooed the golden pigeon again; and as he spoke three more grains fell, and for the third time they were eaten by the silver pigeon. Who acts: I, flame, three more grains, silver pigeon. 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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 (I, flame, three more grains, silver pigeon), 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:pg3454:29:109 # text = ‘If thou hadst remembered how I thatched the byre, thou wouldst have given me my share,’ cooed the golden pigeon again; and as he spoke three more grains fell, and for the third time they were eaten by the silver pigeon. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 4 hadst have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thatched thatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 byre byre NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 12 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 wouldst would AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 21 cooed coo VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 again again ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 31 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 32 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 amod _ _ 33 grains grain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 40 amod _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | thou | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **thatch** | past | I | the byre | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent byre=Destination | | 3 | **give** | would · perfect · passive | | thou | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **coo** | past | | the golden pigeon | | | again | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pigeon=Theme | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | flame | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fall** | past | three more grains | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **eat** | past · passive | the silver pigeon | grains *= grain* | | | time | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 8 | **share** | | my | | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/110/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/)