--- title: When this was done he stretched out his hand eagerly for the piece o… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When this was done he stretched out his hand eagerly for the piece of bread, but his brothers gave him such a tiny scrap that the starving youth finished it in a moment and besought them for a second bit. Who acts: Ferko, brothers, starving youth. 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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 (Ferko, brothers, starving youth), 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:pg640:14:19 # text = When this was done he stretched out his hand eagerly for the piece of bread, but his brothers gave him such a tiny scrap that the starving youth finished it in a moment and besought them for a second bit. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 eagerly eagerly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 25 det:predet _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 scrap scrap NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 starving starve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 amod _ _ 29 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 finished finish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 besought beseech VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 41 amod _ _ 41 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **stretch out** | past | Ferko | Ferko's hand | | | | for the piece of bread; eagerly *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 3 | **give** | past | Ferko's brothers | such tiny scrap | Ferko | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient scrap=Theme | | 4 | **starve** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **finish** | past | the starving youth | scrap | | | moment | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality | | 6 | **beseech** | past | the starving youth *not said here* | brothers *= brother* | | | | for a second bit | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/20/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/)