--- title: The hunters who had caught him took him to a great menagerie, where… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The hunters who had caught him took him to a great menagerie, where he was chained up among all the other wild beasts, and he determined to show his sorrow for his past bad behavior by being gentle and obedient to the man who had to take care of him. Who acts: hunters, Darling, man. 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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 (hunters, Darling, man), 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:pg503:39:114 # text = The hunters who had caught him took him to a great menagerie, where he was chained up among all the other wild beasts, and he determined to show his sorrow for his past bad behavior by being gentle and obedient to the man who had to take care of him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 menagerie menagerie NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 chained chain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 among among ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 35 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 behavior behavior NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 cop _ _ 40 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 ccomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 obedient obedient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive | | the hunters | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | the hunters | Darling | | a great menagerie | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to menagerie=Destination | | 3 | **chain up** | past · passive | | Darling | | | | among all other wild beasts | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **determine** | past | Darling | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **show** | to-infinitive | Darling *not said here* | Darling's sorrow | | | | for Darling's past bad behavior | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sorrow=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | gentle *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | | | | | | to the man | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | past | the man | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **take** | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | care | | | | of Darling | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of he=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **sorrow** | | Darling | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: 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 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/115/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)