--- title: ‘Good-morning, lovely Golden Bird,’ replied the Cook, as if nothing… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Good-morning, lovely Golden Bird,’ replied the Cook, as if nothing had happened, and at the moment that the Canary was beginning, ‘I pray Heaven that it may send,’ a scullion who was hidden outside rushed out and shut the shutters. Who acts: nothing, Canary, I. 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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 (nothing, Canary, I), 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:pg540:40:273 # text = ‘Good-morning, lovely Golden Bird,’ replied the Cook, as if nothing had happened, and at the moment that the Canary was beginning, ‘I pray Heaven that it may send,’ a scullion who was hidden outside rushed out and shut the shutters. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Cook Cook PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Canary Canary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 34 Heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 scullion scullion NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 outside outside ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 advcl _ _ 48 out out ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 shutters shutter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | the Cook | | | morning | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cook=Topic | | 2 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | nothing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past · progressive | the Canary | the moment *not said here* | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moment=Eventuality | | 4 | **pray** | present | I | Heaven | | | moment | | tree rules | | 5 | **send** | may | canary | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **'** | infinitive | canary *not said here* | a scullion | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hide** | past · passive | | a scullion | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **rush out** | participle | | | | | | outside *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **shut** | infinitive | canary *not said here* | the shutters | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent shutter=Patient | 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 272](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/272/) - next →: [sentence 274](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/274/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Canary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/)