--- title: ‘I carried out my intention, and had all the fruit picked off the tr… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I carried out my intention, and had all the fruit picked off the tree, but when I tasted one of the apples it was bitter and unpleasant, and the next morning the rest of the fruit had all rotted away. Who acts: I, fruit, my. 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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 (I, fruit, my), 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:pg640:30:20 # text = ‘I carried out my intention, and had all the fruit picked off the tree, but when I tasted one of the apples it was bitter and unpleasant, and the next morning the rest of the fruit had all rotted away. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 off off ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 tasted taste VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 unpleasant unpleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 all all ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 rotted rot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry out** | past | I | my intention | | | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Eventuality | | 2 | **have** | past | I *not said here* | all fruit | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient | | 3 | **pick off** | participle | all fruit *not said here* | the tree | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient | | 4 | **taste** | past | I | one of the apples | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme one=Attribute | | 5 | **is** | past | fruit | the apples *not said here* | | | | bitter *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | fruit *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **rot away** | past · perfect · passive | | the next morning | | | | all, away *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **intend** | | my | | | | | | nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/21/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)