--- title: Meanwhile the mother dove sat on the edge of her nest, crying bitter… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the mother dove sat on the edge of her nest, crying bitterly, when a heron, who was flying slowly past the rock, was filled with pity for her, and stopped to ask, ‘What is the matter, you poor dove?’ Who acts: mother dove, heron, you. 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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 (mother dove, heron, you), 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:pg5615:34:36 # text = Meanwhile the mother dove sat on the edge of her nest, crying bitterly, when a heron, who was flying slowly past the rock, was filled with pity for her, and stopped to ask, ‘What is the matter, you poor dove?’ 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 14 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 16 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 heron heron NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 acl _ _ 23 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 past past ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ? ? PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the mother dove | | | the edge of Dove's nest | | meanwhile *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on edge=Location | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the mother dove *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fly** | past · progressive | a heron | | | the rock | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past rock=Trajectory | | 4 | **fill** | past · passive | | a heron | | | | with pity; for Dove | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with pity=Instrument | | 5 | **stop** | past | the mother dove *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the mother dove *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | present | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **dove** | | you | | | | | | tree rules | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/37/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)