--- title: The good bird did this, and when they were landed safely on the othe… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The good bird did this, and when they were landed safely on the other side, and had gone for a while, the wood became more and more familiar to them, and at length they saw their father’s house in the distance. Who acts: good bird, wood, birds. 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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 (good bird, wood, birds), 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:pg503:35:127 # text = The good bird did this, and when they were landed safely on the other side, and had gone for a while, the wood became more and more familiar to them, and at length they saw their father’s house in the distance. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 landed land VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 12 safely safely ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 28 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 27 advmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 31 familiar familiar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the good bird | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **land** | past · passive | | birds *= bird* | | the other side | | safely *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on side=Destination | | 3 | **go** | past · perfect | the good bird *not said here* | | | | while | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **become** | past | the wood | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **see** | past | birds *= bird* | birds's father's house | | length | | in the distance | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/128/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grettel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/)