--- title: The Hazel-nut child fastened the diamond firmly under the stork’s ne… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Hazel-nut child fastened the diamond firmly under the stork’s neck with a ribbon, and when he saw that the other storks were getting ready for their northern flight, he untied the silk cord from his stork’s wings, and away they went, getting nearer home every minute. 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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, other storks, children), 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:pg640:40:43 # text = The Hazel-nut child fastened the diamond firmly under the stork’s neck with a ribbon, and when he saw that the other storks were getting ready for their northern flight, he untied the silk cord from his stork’s wings, and away they went, getting nearer home every minute. 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 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 10 under under ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 ribbon ribbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 storks stork NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ _ 29 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 untied untie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 away away ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 52 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 xcomp _ _ 53 home home ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 54 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 55 det _ _ 55 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fasten** | past | the nut child | the diamond | | the stork's neck with a ribbon | | firmly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diamond=Patient | | 2 | **see** | past | man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **get** | past · progressive | the other storks | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **untie** | past | man | the silk cord | | | | from man's stork's wings | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent cord=Patient from wing=Co-Patient | | 5 | **go** | past | children *= child* | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **get** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | minute | home, near *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/40/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/40/44/) - ↑ back to [The Hazel-nut Child (29)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/40/)