--- title: When at last the right fish came swimming along she gave him a nudge… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When at last the right fish came swimming along she gave him a nudge, and he seized it at once, drove his knife into it, and split it up, took the heart out of it, and cut it through the middle. Who acts: last right fish, daughter, fish. 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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 (last right fish, daughter, fish), 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:pg5615:27:96 # text = When at last the right fish came swimming along she gave him a nudge, and he seized it at once, drove his knife into it, and split it up, took the heart out of it, and cut it through the middle. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 swimming swim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 along along ADP IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 nudge nudge NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 split split VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 through through ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the last right fish | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **swim** | gerund | the last right fish *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past | daughter | a nudge | fish | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient nudge=Theme | | 4 | **seize** | past | fish | nudge | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **drive** | past | fish *not said here* | fish's knife | | knife | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent knife=Theme into it=Trajectory | | 6 | **split up** | infinitive | | nudge | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | past | the last right fish *not said here* | the heart | | heart | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent heart=Theme out it=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **cut** | past | | heart | | the middle | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/97/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/)