--- title: And when the bird had come flying up, she perceived that her little… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when the bird had come flying up, she perceived that her little ones were covered over, and she said, ‘Who has wrapped up my nestlings?’ and presently, seeing the Prince, she added: ‘Didst thou do that? Who acts: bird, thunder. 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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 (bird, thunder), 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:pg540:13:90 # text = And when the bird had come flying up, she perceived that her little ones were covered over, and she said, ‘Who has wrapped up my nestlings?’ and presently, seeing the Prince, she added: ‘Didst thou do that? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 18 over over ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 nestlings nestling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ? ? PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 presently presently ADV RB _ 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 43 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 45 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obj _ _ 46 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | the bird | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fly up** | gerund | the bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **perceive** | past | thunder | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **cover over** | past · passive | | thunder's little ones | | | | over *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | thunder | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wrap up** | present · perfect · passive | | my nestlings | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | gerund | | the Prince | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 8 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | thunder | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **do** | past | thunder *not said here* | thou | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **do** | infinitive | thunder *not said here* | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/13/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/13/91/) - ↑ back to [The Norka](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/13/)