--- title: The hawk now turned into a man, and offered the girl a great sum of… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The hawk now turned into a man, and offered the girl a great sum of money for the gold ring, but she would not part with it, seeing that it had fallen down to her, as it were, from Heaven. Who acts: hawk, ring. 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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 (hawk, ring), 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:pg5615:24:41 # text = The hawk now turned into a man, and offered the girl a great sum of money for the gold ring, but she would not part with it, seeing that it had fallen down to her, as it were, from Heaven. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 ccomp _ _ 36 down down ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | the hawk | | | | now | into a man *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into man=Result | | 2 | **offer** | past | the hawk *not said here* | a great sum of money | the girl | | | for the gold ring | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent girl=Goal sum=Theme | | 3 | **not** **part** | would | hawk | | | | | with ring | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | gerund | the hawk *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **fall down** | past · perfect | ring | | hawk | | | down *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to she=Pivot | | 6 | **is** | past | ring | | | | | as Heaven | tree rules | | 7 | **sum** | | | money | | | | | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/42/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/)