--- title: And the White Duck brought the little creatures up, and they paddled… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the White Duck brought the little creatures up, and they paddled after her in the pond, and caught gold-fish, and hopped upon the bank and waddled about, ruffling their feathers and saying ‘Quack, quack’ as they strutted about on the green banks of the pond. Who acts: White Duck, creatures. 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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 (White Duck, creatures), 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:pg640:29:25 # text = And the White Duck brought the little creatures up, and they paddled after her in the pond, and caught gold-fish, and hopped upon the bank and waddled about, ruffling their feathers and saying ‘Quack, quack’ as they strutted about on the green banks of the pond. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 White White ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Duck Duck PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 up up ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 paddled paddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 hopped hop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 waddled waddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 33 about about ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 ruffling ruffle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 40 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 strutted strut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 48 about about ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | the White Duck | the little creatures | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent creature=Theme | | 2 | **paddle** | past | creatures *= creature* | | | the pond | after Duck | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **catch** | past | | gold fish | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme | | 4 | **hop** | past | | | | the bank | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon bank=Trajectory | | 5 | **waddle** | past | | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ruffle** | gerund | | creatures's feathers | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus feather=Experiencer | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | Quack and quack | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **strut** | past | creatures *= creature* | | | the green banks of the pond | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bank=Trajectory | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/29/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/29/26/) - ↑ back to [The White Duck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/29/)