--- title: Then she fetched a bowl of water, and the cock and hen flew on to th… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she fetched a bowl of water, and the cock and hen flew on to the edge, put their beaks in, and then held up their heads as birds do when they drink, and the brindled cow also drank her fill. Who acts: maiden, cock, birds, brindled cow. 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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 (maiden, cock, birds, brindled cow), 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:pg5615:3:29 # text = Then she fetched a bowl of water, and the cock and hen flew on to the edge, put their beaks in, and then held up their heads as birds do when they drink, and the brindled cow also drank her fill. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 on on ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 beaks beak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 in in ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 27 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 34 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 brindled brindled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 fill fill NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fetch** | past | maiden | a bowl of water | | | then | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme | | 2 | **fly** | past | the cock and hen | | | | | to the edge *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to edge=Result | | 3 | **put** | infinitive | the cock and hen *not said here* | cock's beaks | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent beak=Goal | | 4 | **hold up** | past | maiden *not said here* | cock's heads | | | then | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot head=Theme | | 5 | **do** | present | birds | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **drink** | present | birds *= bird* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drink** | past | the brindled cow | maiden's fill | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fill=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/30/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/)