--- title: The Hazel-nut child flew through the air on the stork’s back, and wh… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Hazel-nut child flew through the air on the stork’s back, and when he wanted to rest he bound his silk cord on to the joint of the bird’s other wing, so that it could not fly any farther. Who acts: nut child, man, cord. 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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 (nut child, man, cord), 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:pg640:40:39 # text = The Hazel-nut child flew through the air on the stork’s back, and when he wanted to rest he bound his silk cord on to the joint of the bird’s other wing, so that it could not fly any farther. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 Hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 bound bind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 on on ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 joint joint NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 43 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 44 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 45 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | the nut child | | | the air | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent through air=Location | | 2 | **want** | past | man | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **rest** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bind on** | past | man | man's silk cord | | | | to the joint of the bird's other wing | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient to joint=Co-Patient | | 5 | **not** **fly** | could | cord | | | | | far *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/40/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/40/40/) - ↑ back to [The Hazel-nut Child (29)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/40/)