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title: Ciccu was very much surprised at this sudden command, and he walked… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Ciccu was very much surprised at this sudden command, and he walked thoughtfully away to the stables and began to stroke his favourite horse, saying to himself, ‘Ah, my pet, we must bid each other good-bye, for the king has sent me away to get the sword of the Maneater.’ Who acts: Ciccu, we, king. A
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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 38, sentence 25

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Ciccu was very much surprised at this sudden command, and he walked thoughtfully away to the stables and began to stroke his favourite horse, saying to himself, ‘Ah, my pet, we must bid each other good-bye, for the king has sent me away to get the sword of the Maneater.’

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**Who acts:** Ciccu, we, king · **What happens:** be, walk, begin, stroke, say, bid · **To what, where:** sudden command, favourite horse, Ciccu, other good, me, sword · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ciccu, we, king), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg5615:38:25
# text = Ciccu was very much surprised at this sudden command, and he walked thoughtfully away to the stables and began to stroke his favourite horse, saying to himself, ‘Ah, my pet, we must bid each other good-bye, for the king has sent me away to get the sword of the Maneater.’
1	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	surprised	surprised	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
8	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	thoughtfully	thoughtfully	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	stroke	stroke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
24	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
31	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	39	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
37	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
38	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	bid	bid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	ccomp	_	_
40	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	42	nsubj	_	_
41	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	bye	bye	INTJ	UH	_	42	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
46	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
49	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	39	parataxis	_	_
51	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	_
52	away	away	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
54	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	advcl	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	Maneater	Maneater	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Ciccu |  |  | this sudden command |  | surprised *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | past | Ciccu |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **begin** | past | Ciccu *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **stroke** | to-infinitive | Ciccu *not said here* | Ciccu's favourite horse |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Experiencer |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Ciccu *not said here* |  | Ciccu |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic |
| 6 | **bid** | must | we | other good |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **send away** | present · perfect | the king | me |  |  |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 8 | **get** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the sword of the Maneater |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sword=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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