--- title: One day, when they gave him his little loaf for breakfast, he though… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when they gave him his little loaf for breakfast, he thought he would like to eat it out in the garden; so he took it up in his mouth and trotted away toward a brook that he knew of a long way from the palace. Who acts: hunters, Darling. 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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), 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:pg503:39:127 # text = One day, when they gave him his little loaf for breakfast, he thought he would like to eat it out in the garden; so he took it up in his mouth and trotted away toward a brook that he knew of a long way from the palace. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 trotted trot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 toward toward ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | hunters *= hunter* | Darling's little loaf | Darling | | | for breakfast | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient loaf=Theme for breakfast=Asset | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Darling | | | | day | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **like** | would | Darling | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **eat out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Darling *not said here* | loaf | | the garden | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **take up** | past | Darling | loaf | | Darling's mouth | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in mouth=Location | | 6 | **trot away** | past | Darling *not said here* | | | a brook | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward brook=Trajectory | | 7 | **know** | past | Darling | | | the palace | | of a long way | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of way=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/pg503/39/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/128/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)