--- title: So Esben was fed for a while longer on sweet milk and nut-kernels, u… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So Esben was fed for a while longer on sweet milk and nut-kernels, until one day the witch thought that now he must surely be fat enough, and told her daughter again to go and cut a finger off him. Who acts: witch, property. 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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 (witch, property), 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:pg5615:29:62 # text = So Esben was fed for a while longer on sweet milk and nut-kernels, until one day the witch thought that now he must surely be fat enough, and told her daughter again to go and cut a finger off him. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 Esben Esben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 kernels kernel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 until until SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 surely surely ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 ccomp _ _ 30 enough enough ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 iobj _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 off off ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past · passive | | Esben | | sweet milk and nut kernels | while | long *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the witch | | | | day | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | must | property | | | | now | enough, fat, surely *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the witch *not said here* | | witch's daughter | | again | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cut** | infinitive | | a finger | | | | off property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent finger=Patient off he=Co-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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/63/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/)